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2050 Emission Pathways Explorer Croatia

Or how to achieve climate neutrality in Croatia?

Achieving climate neutrality in Croatia by 2050 is technically feasible, although challenging and requires systemic changes. The 2050 Pathways Explorer is a model that transparently presents the big picture and allows cross-sectoral assessments of possible paths towards a climate-neutral economy in Croatia. Pathways Explorer helps us think and plan together in order to act in the same direction, without voiding each other's efforts. The model offers six different scenarios, looks at and analyzes key Croatian sectors - energy production, buildings, industry, transport, agriculture, forestry and land use (AFOLU) and for the first time quantitates changes in lifestyle habits. The advantage of the 2050 pathways explorer model is that it provides a comprehensive understanding of the energy and economic system and its dynamics – it shows greenhouse gas emissions, their sources and socio-economic effects, as well as the necessary investments or costs. It offers a robust analytical database that allows the user to explore different scenarios in detail on their own. The model does not serve to forecast pathways to achieve climate neutrality nor does it offer cost optimization. The aim is to contribute to the transformation of Croatia in the next 30 years and to enable an argumentative debate between sectors and policy makers based on different models, which is also the basis for our further joint work on building the capacity of local partners, co-creation of public policies and advocacy during the process of the NECP revision.