?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4848%2F&rft.title=Decarbonizing+the+Global+Energy+System&rft.creator=Grubler%2C+A.&rft.creator=Nakicenovic%2C+N.&rft.description=The+study+analyzes+the+long-term+decarbonization+of+the+global+energy+system%2C+i.e.%2C+the+decrease+of+the+carbon+emissions+per+unit+of+primary+energy.+Decarbonization+appears+as+a+continuous+and+persistent+trend+throughout+the+world%2C+albeit+occurring+at+very+slow+rates+of+approximately+0.3%25+per+year.+The+study+also+discusses+the+driving+forces+of+the+associated+structural+changes+in+energy+systems%2C+such+as+technological+change.+Decarbonization+also+occurs+at+end+use%2C+and+trends+for+final+energy+are+shown.+The+quest+by+consumers+for+higher+flexibility%2C+convenience%2C+and+cleanliness+of+energy+services+leads+to+decarbonization+trends+in+final+energy+that+are+more+pronounced+than+those+of+the+upstream+energy+sector.+The+study+concludes+with+a+discussion+of+the+implications+for+long-term+scenarios+of+energy-environment+interactions%2C+suggesting+that+decarbonization+and+its+driving+forces+may+still+be+insufficiently+captured+by+most+models+and+scenarios+of+the+energy+system's+long-term+evolution.&rft.publisher=RR-97-006.+Reprinted+from+Technological+Forecasting+and+Social+Change%2C+53(1)%3A97-110+%5BSeptember+1996%5D.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4848%2F1%2FRR-97-06.pdf&rft.identifier=++Grubler%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F112.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0002-7814-4990%3E+%26+Nakicenovic%2C+N.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F214.html%3E+ORCID%3A+https%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7176-4604+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Forcid.org%2F0000-0001-7176-4604%3E++(1996).++Decarbonizing+the+Global+Energy+System.+++IIASA+Research+Report+(Reprint).+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+RR-97-006.+Reprinted+from+Technological+Forecasting+and+Social+Change%2C+53(1)%3A97-110+%5BSeptember+1996%5D.+++++