There is an urgent need to strengthen collective action and limit global warming to levels consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. NEWPATHWAYS is developing and analysing next-generation Paris-aligned global and national low-emission transformation pathways for the next global stocktake in 2028.   

Central to the project is a multi-level stakeholder dialogue, aimed at co-creating knowledge and building capacity to ensure the relevance and uptake of its findings. The NEWPATHWAYS Consortium brings together a strong combination of global and national pathway modelling capabilities, as well as expertise from social sciences, economics, and policy analysis. National modelling teams from countries across the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe—representing two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions—will contribute valuable insights to inform climate action. 

These national modelling efforts will provide policymakers and stakeholders with critical insights to strengthen climate action and help achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement.

NEWPATHWAYS aims to:

• Establish a sound understanding of international climate policy trends  
• Develop the next generation of global transformation pathways, exploring solutions to “bend the global emissions curve”  
• Analyse new national pathways that align with global transformation pathways consistent with the Paris Agreement  
• Align equity considerations and financial flows to strengthen climate action  
• Co-create knowledge and build capacity with scenario users 

Project Partners 

NEWPATHWAYS is coordinated by The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

• Internationales Institut Fuer Angewandte Systemanalyse (IIASA), Austria
• Ministerie Van Infrastructuur En Waterstaat (PBL), Netherlands
• Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneosui Cambiamenti Climatici, Italy
• E3-Modelling AE (E3M), Greece
• Newclimate Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability GGMBH (NEWCLIMATE), Germany
• The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars Of The University Of Oxford (UOXF), UK
• Fundacao Coordenacao de Projetos Pesquisas e Estudos Tecnologicos Coppetec (COPPETEC), Brazil, on behalf of Universidade Federal do Rio De Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
• Indian Institute of Management (IIMA), India
• International University – Vietnam National University HCM City (IU-VNUHCM), Vietnam
• Strathmore University, Kenya
• Climate Strategies, UK and Netherlands 

Associated Partners 

• Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
• Universite de Geneve (UNIGE), Switzerland
• Peking University (PKU), China
• Tsinghua University (TU), China
• King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Saudi Arabia
• University of Seoul Industry Cooperation Foundation (UOS), South Korea
• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
• Council On Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India
• Kokuritsu Daigaku Hojin Kyoto Daigaku (KU), Japan
• The Energy Foundation (EFC), United States
• The University of Maryland Foundation INC (USMF), United States
• Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEAcan be held responsible for them. 

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