Roadmap to 2050

A Manual for Nations to Decarbonize by Mid-Century

Executive Summary
Power
Industry
Transport
Buildings

SDSN
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has been operating since 2012 under the auspices of SDG Advisor, Jeffrey Sachs. SDSN mobilizes global scientific and technological expertise to promote practical solutions for sustainable development, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement (PCA). We aim to accelerate joint learning and promote integrated approaches that address the interconnected economic, social, and environmental challenges confronting the world. SDSN works closely with United Nations agencies, multilateral financing institutions, the private sector, and civil society.
FEEM
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), founded in 1989, is a non profit, policy-oriented, international research center and a think-tank producing high-quality, innovative, interdisciplinary and scientifically sound research on sustainable development. It contributes to the quality of decision-making in public and private spheres through analytical studies, policy advice, scientific dissemination and high-level education. Thanks to its international network, FEEM integrates its research and dissemination activities with those of the best academic institutions and think tanks around the world.

The 2019 Roadmap to 2050 A Manual for Nations to Decarbonize by Mid-Century was written by SDSN and FEEM and included expert input from more than 60 engineers and industry leaders who participated in an April 2019 workshop organized around power, industry, transport, and buildings decarbonization. Through an online consultation process in the summer of 2019, these experts provided 98 technical comments which were incorporated into this text at the discretion of the Lead Editors and Technical Authors.

Acknowledgments

Published by Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), September 2019