Workplan

WP1:
Analytical Framework

WP2:
Facets of Sustainability

WP3:
Policy Scenarios

WP 4

WP 5

Workpackage 3 - Developing policy scenarios

Leading partner - UCD

Based on the analytical framework established in workpackages 1 and 2 the following procedure is applied for generating a wide range of policy scenarios that serve the purpose of strategic policy preparation in particular in the context of the European Sustainable Development Strategy:


Task 1: Consultation process with stakeholders

Leading Partner: WIFO

A consultation process has accompanied all stages for developing the policy scenarios, ranging from the design, the evaluation, and the consensus building for certain policy strategies.

Task 2: Harmonised baseline

Leading Partner: IVM

A harmonised baseline serves as a benchmark for a wide range of policy scenarios.

Task 3: Promotion of low carbon technologies

Leading Partner: ECN

Low carbon strategies have a substantial impact on technological innovation, competitiveness, economic growth, resource use, and security of supplies.

Task 4: Stimulating innovative mobility systems

Leading Partner: UCD

A range of scenarios have been developed to look at the sustainability or otherwise of current mobility systems, the impact of new policies and changes from the current ‘business as usual’ systems, and finally, the mobility systems required to achieve desired sustainable policy targets.

Task 5
Identifying Beyond-Kyoto policies

Leading Partner: FEEM

A range of policy options after the Kyoto period 2008-2012 was analysed by this task.

Task 6
Strengthening social coherence

Leading Partner: SMASH

This task examined how the social dimension of the sustainability agenda is or could be treated in currently available models, and at deriving methodological proposals to upgrade this treatment (modifications of existing models, coupling with other models, new generation of models).