Together with researchers from engineering, natural and social sciences, we believe it is increasingly urgent to develop global emission reduction scenarios that examine a more comprehensive societal transformation – including limiting production and consumption in key high-emission sectors in the Global North.
The Societal Transformation Scenario is a global 1,5°C mitigation scenario that questions the notion of continued global economic growth and its compatibility with ambitious climate goals such as the 1,5°C limit. It shows how we can stay below 1,5°C by reducing production and consumption in the global North, without resorting to risky technologies such as CCS, geoengineering, and nuclear technology.