ABSTRACT
Drawing from the need to support European and global efforts in tackling climate change, Greece has recently made efforts towards enhancing energy efficiency in the near term and in pursuit of mitigating emissions in the long term. Aside from a building stock of poor performance and a carbon-intensive power sector, the country additionally faces challenges associated with unfavourable economic conditions as well as risks across several dimensions, such as public acceptance and political uncertainty. In the building sector in particular, recorded progress shows significant divergence from the targets set. At the same time, given the difficulties in accomplishing short-term targets, there is little evidence of long-term vision. Experience, expectations, and challenges cultivate the need to carefully consider disregarded risks and uncertainties and redesign the near- and long-term policy framework alike. The aim of this chapter is to assess recent and support future developments in the energy efficiency framework in Greece, regarding primarily the building sector but also with implications for the transport and power sectors, and to situate the discussion around risks jeopardising the success of future directions. Through participatory processes, further coupled with other quantitative and qualitative modelling activities, we seek to identify and eventually evaluate key implementation and consequential risks.
