ABSTRACT

Recent warnings about the impacts of climate change have led international climate negotiations to focus on the necessary global long-term goal (LTG) presented in the Paris Agreement. The aim is to achieve sustainable development with zero emissions by 2100, compatible with the achievement of poverty eradication and equity. Based on a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, calibrated with Spanish data for 2010, and including GHG emissions and energy demands, this chapter considers the Paris Accords by defining and comparing a range of dynamic 2010–2050 scenarios in which the Spanish economy advances to zero emissions.