The higher EU climate ambition, marked by the ‘Fit-for-55 package’, has accelerated the momentum for a green transformation of the national economies of Member States. Within this long-term framework, energy and climate targets have yet to be defined and require the use of a data-driven analysis of the potential decarbonisation trajectories and the array of measures at the governments’ disposal. Bulgaria can reach carbon neutrality by 2050. But to achieve this, it needs to overhaul its current energy and climate policy framework.
Using the modelling and planning tool Pathways Explorer, the current report develops a policy scenario, which charts the likely future pathway of decarbonisation in Bulgaria. The assessment identifies a set of specific policy guidelines covering four key economic sectors: energy supply, buildings, transportation, and industry.