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Carbon emissions and economic impacts of an EU embargo on Russian fossil fuels

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Liu,  Li-Jing
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Jiang,  Hong-Dian
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Liang,  Qiao-Mei
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Creutzig,  Felix
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Liao,  Hua
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Yao,  Yun-Fei
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Qian,  Xiang-Yan
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Ren,  Zhong-Yuan
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Qing,  Jing
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Cai,  Qi-Ran
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Edenhofer,  Ottmar
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research;

Wei,  Yi-Ming
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Liu, L.-J., Jiang, H.-D., Liang, Q.-M., Creutzig, F., Liao, H., Yao, Y.-F., Qian, X.-Y., Ren, Z.-Y., Qing, J., Cai, Q.-R., Edenhofer, O., Wei, Y.-M. (2023): Carbon emissions and economic impacts of an EU embargo on Russian fossil fuels. - Nature Climate Change, 13, 290-296.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01606-7


Cite as: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_28330
Abstract
The Russia–Ukraine conflict lays bare the dependence of the European Union (EU) on fossil fuel imports from Russia. Here, we use a global computable general equilibrium model, C3IAM/GEEPA, to estimate CO2 emission and gross domestic product (GDP) impact of embargoing fossil fuels from Russia. We find that embargoes induce more than 10% reduction of CO2 emissions in the EU and slight increases of emissions in Russia, while both regions experience GDP losses (around 2% for the EU and about 5% for Russia, ignoring the relative impact of other sanctions). Reacting to increasing energy prices with demand-side response inside the EU would increase CO2 emission savings, while turning GDP losses into gains. Implementing a partial embargo with tariffs largely compensates for lost government revenue.