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Based on quantified assessment by the JRC's internal energy-economics teams, GECO provides a global picture of energy markets as they transform over the next decades, under the simultaneous interactions of economic development, technological innovation and climate policies.
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At a glance: GECO 2024 facts and figures
1.8°C
End-of-century warming under current pledges
Ambitious NDC targets needed for 2035
Emissions drop to 2000s levels by mid-century
Global emissions peak and decrease under current policies
Progress seen through policy and tech innovation, but ambition gap to 1.5°C remains
Limited economic impact
Achieving 1.5°C has limited global GDP impacts
Mitigation costs are more pronounced in some sectors