The paper first outlines the challenges the global energy system is facing. It then summarises the present knowledge of energy efficient solutions in all energy using sectors from primary energy to useful energy and, more importantly, from useful energy to energy services (material efficiency...

This paper adds to the scarce empirical evidence related to the impact of climate change on the manufacturing sector. To study the effect of temperature on energy use and CO2 emissions daily temperature information from 11.000 German municipalities are combined with the census of the...

The global community has seen the existential threat of climate change caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions. But arising out of the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is the call for a shift to clean energy technologies. The EU has set its targets to reach climate-neutrality...