Carbon budgets as a framework for a coordinated climate transition

Important results from the project

The project has demonstrated how municipalities, regions, the national level, and companies can employ quantified roadmaps to find their role in the climate and energy transition. As part of this, a climate education material focusing on carbon budgets has been produced. In order to further develop and spread the methodology of "Coordinated climate transition", a non-profit climate foundation, Sustainable Action Foundation, has been formed that will support the public sector, businesses and politicians, in using the developed concept.

Expected long term effects

The project´s climate roadmap workshops and the co-creation of a national process for a coordinated climate transition have shown that quantified roadmaps enable a qualitative dialogue regarding cooperation, negotiation, and distribution of climate goals. Hence, we see a strong potential in scaling up the work done within the project and establishing the method as a broad and open standard that supports the climate transition in society. The result can make the climate transition more democratic and effective.

Approach and implementation

Overall, the project setup worked as intended and the parties showed good adaptability when some activities proved more time-consuming than expected. The ambition level of the climate education entailed a workload significantly over budget, which was also the case with the development of the LEAP model´s Paris-compatible scenario and related data collection. The dozen workshops conducted on site around the country also required extensive preparation and coordination, which altogether meant in-kind contributions by the project members to a greater extent than planned.