Ambitious climate mitigation policies face social and political resistance. One reason is that
existing policies insufficiently capture the diversity of relevant insights from the social …

Private investments are critical enablers to achieving energy access for over 770 million
people worldwide. Despite decreasing capital costs, investments in renewable energy (RE) …

To reduce carbon emissions in China's power sector, a variety of renewable energy policy
options have been introduced, which are expected to produce synergistic effects. This study …

Public support for stringent climate policies is currently weak. We develop a model to study
the dynamics of public support for climate policies. It comprises three interconnected …

Limiting global warming to 2° C or less compared with pre-industrial temperatures will
require unprecedented rates of decarbonization globally. The scale and scope of …

This paper explores the funding trends, topical themes, and notable gaps in global public
research funding across the areas of energy, climate change, transport, and industrial …

Households are responsible for a significant share of global greenhouse emissions. Hence,
academic and policy discourses highlight behavioral changes among households as an …

In community energy systems, the energy demand of a group of households is met by
collectively generated electricity and heat from renewable energy sources. What makes …

The current macroeconomic models of the circular economy rely on the unrealistic
assumption that materials can be recycled infinitely, often ignoring price and demand …

Agent-based models allow for computer simulations based on the autonomous behavior of
heterogeneous agents. They are used to generate and understand the emergent dynamics …