TransFair-AT: Special Session at NOeG

In this session, four papers addressing different aspects of fairness in the context of the decarbonisation of residential buildings and passenger transport, focussing on Austria, where two papers were contributed by "TransFair-AT". In addition to three contributions regarding the effects of carbon pricing and the role of revenue recycling for mitigating negative effects on vulnerable households, the fourth paper from the "TransFair-AT" project explored a broader set of climate policy instruments and targeted compensation measures.

In the project "TransFair-AT", the partners 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 the vehicle choice model "SERAPIS", 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 presentations from the workshop can be found on the project website.