This publication builds on Ipieca's 2015 Paris Puzzle, providing perspective on the common elements and enablers of pathways to meet a low-emissions future.
Ipieca supports the Paris Agreement as an important step in addressing the risks of climate change. Meeting its aims implies a transformation of the energy system over the course of this century. There are many possible pathways to reach a low-emissions future, however, most pathways share three common elements: improving efficiency and saving energy; reducing emissions from power generation; and deploying alternative low-emission options in end-use sectors.
Governments, business and industry, investors, consumers and civil society will need to collaborate closely to enable the transition. The oil and gas industry provides more than half of the world's energy, and is an essential partner in sustainable development. Using its skills, capabilities and resources, the industry will play a key role in helping to transform the energy system.
14 November 2016
The Paris Puzzle: The Pathway to a low-emissions future lays out our global membership view on the challenges the world faces in transitioning to a low-greenhouse gas emissions future.
This briefing builds a shared understanding of carbon-compensated products, their role in supporting net-zero ambitions and the energy transition, and explores good practice in using them.
The briefing highlights the role of oil and gas in supporting a just transition, the regional complexities of a net-zero future and the need for collaboration to scale up energy transition enablers.
This glossary was developed to support the oil and gas industry and other stakeholders in the use of consistent terminology around net-zero emissions.