The Energy and Climate Modelling Forum is a network of energy and climate modellers, researchers, and policymakers working toward the goal of climate neutrality. It is the outcome of the merging between the EU funded project ECEMF and the EFECT network.

ECEMF

ECEMF was a Horizon 2020–funded project aimed at establishing a European forum to bring together energy and climate researchers and policymakers to address one of the defining challenges of our time: achieving climate neutrality.

The ECEMF consortium was led by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and consisted of 15 partners in total from 9 countries.

ECEMF’s programme of events and novel IT-based communications channel enabled researchers to identify and co-develop the most pressing policy-relevant research questions with a range of stakeholders to meet ambitious European energy and climate policy goals, in particular the European Green Deal and the transformation to a climate neutral society.

Answers will be provided by the first inclusive and open full-scale model comparison exercise on achieving climate neutrality in Europe, including from the outset over 20 models and 15 top research groups, to produce a coherent and relevant evidence-base for energy and climate policy impact assessment.

ECEMF’s evidence-base will support the development of policy-relevant insights which will be communicated to and discussed with the key decision makers via a range of novel methods, including interactive embeddable visualisation blocks, policy briefs, workshops and high-profile events.

This loop of knowledge co-production stands on two pillars.

1. ECEMF will advance the state-of-the-art of energy and climate modelling by enabling sharing of: input data using open standards, methods for model comparison building on the vast experience of the consortium, scientific software tools such as the IIASA scenario explorer and hands-on training for researchers.
2. ECEMF will be established as a long-term, open and welcoming European focal-point for researchers and policy makers with unparalleled international connections to the EMF, JMIP, IAMC and IPCC. Through extensive links to ongoing H2020 projects, research and policy communities & networks ECEMF will reduce fragmentation of the European energy and climate research landscape.

OBJECTIVES

1. Identify and co-develop the most pressing policy-relevant research questions with a range of stakeholders
2. Produce a comprehensive, relevant and coherent evidence base for energy and climate policy impact assessment
3. Provide robust policy insights
4. Advance the state-of-the-art of energy and climate modelling by facilitating sharing of input data, methods and scientific software tools
5. Establish the forum as a long-term focal-point for collaboration