TransFair-AT at the 24th Austrian Climate Day

The 24th Climate Day "Stadt und Land im Fluss" was held in Vienna from 2 to 4 April. In the session on social transformation, Paul Pfaffenbichler (BOKU-Ive) presented preliminary simulation results on the distributional effects of a decarbonisation of the Austrian passenger transport sector by 2040. These results show inter alia that the largest contribution to greenhouse gas emission reductions will be achieved by switching to emission-free drives. Moreover, about one quarter of the car trips currently made by mobility-poor households – mainly trips to work – cannot be replaced by other means of transport.

In the project "TransFair-AT", the partners Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Institute of Transport Studies (BOKU-IVe), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Centre for Global Change and Sustainability (BOKU-gWN), Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Power Systems and Energy Economics – Energy Economics Group (EEG)and e-think energy research (e-think) analyse socially acceptable pathways for emission reductions in the sectors residential buildings and passenger transport. By linking the macroeconomic model DYNK with a vehicle choice model, the transport demand model MARS and the building stock model "Invert-EE/Lab", in TransFair-AT policy scenarios achieving a full decarbonisation of housing and mobility in Austria by 2040 are analysed. In addition, targeted compensation mechanisms are developed to mitigate the burden of these climate policies for particularly vulnerable groups, while ensuring that these compensation mechanisms are consistent with full decarbonisation.

TransFair-AT is funded by the Climate and Energy Fund and carried out within the ACRP programme. More information on the project as well as the presentation and the poster for the Austrian Climate Day can be found on the project website.