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1.5 °C Compatibility Assessment of tools/initiatives
Opportunities
1
Help establish a dynamic solution perspective
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
2
Quick and Easy Assessment
3
Identifying acceleration potential for solutions
4
1.5 °C Compatible
5
Need focus for 11 Billion with equity encouragement (Global south agenda)
6
Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals
No identified
opportunity, N/A
Potential
opportunity (Value 1)
Some
opportunity (Value 2)
Significant
opportunity (Value 4)
7
+1000 and/or >10 Gigatonnes of potential solutions
8
Aligned with Mission Innovations Net-Zero Innovation Compatibility Initative
9
Focus on clustering of solutions (across existing sectors)
Challenges
1
Lock-in Potential from the solutions
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
2
Supply and End-of-Pipe Focus
3
Excluding Transformative (System) Solutions
4
Only including technology innovations
5
Resource Intensive Solutions
6
Only Focus on Problems rather than Human Needs
7
Excluding other sustainability aspects (biodiversity and poverty)
No identified
challenge, N/A
Significant
challenge (Value -4)
Some
challenge (Value -2)
Potential
challenge (Value -1)
8
No filter to support sustainable solutions for an equitable world with 11 billion
9
Limiting focus to existing/traditional sectors
10
Lack of implementation in global south/no focus on 11 Billion with equity encouragement
11
No focus on clustering of solutions
1.5 °C Compability Assessment comments

Opportunities
1. Help establish a dynamic solution perspective: Main focus
2. Quick and Easy Assessment: In isolation the framework is largely focused on avoided emissions, however there is work ongoing to combine the assessments with a focus on 1.5C compatibility and core human needs
4. 1.5 °C Compatible: In isolation the framework is largely focused on avoided emissions, however there is work ongoing to combine the assessments with a focus on 1.5C compatibility and core human needs
5. Need focus for 11 Billion with equity encouragement (Global south agenda): In isolation the framework is largely focused on avoided emissions, however there is work ongoing to combine the assessments with a focus on 1.5C compatibility and core human needs
6. Solutions have Synergies with other sustainability goals: In isolation the framework is largely focused on avoided emissions, however there is work ongoing to combine the assessments with a focus on 1.5C compatibility and core human needs
7. + 1000 and/or > 10 Gigatonnes of potential solutions: Main focus
9. Focus on clustering of solutions (across existing sectors): Work has been done in collaboration with clusters/incubators such as Social Alpha

Challenges
1. Lock-in Potential from the solutions: Some solutions may appear as disruptive/transformative in theory, but not necessarily be so in practice (not unique to this specific initiative)
2. Supply and End-of-Pipe Focus: Some solutions may appear as disruptive/transformative in theory, but not necessarily be so in practice (not unique to this specific initiative)
5. Resource Intensive Solutions: Some solutions may appear as disruptive/transformative in theory, but not necessarily be so in practice (not unique to this specific initiative)
6. Only Focus on Problems rather than Human Needs: In its current form, the AEF doesn't not specifically focus on core human needs (although the project as a whole has a large focus on it)
7. Excluding other sustainability aspects (biodiversity and poverty): As the main current focus is on avoided emissions (i.e. calculating a number of CO2 equivalents to measure potential) there is not a focus on other aspects by default (although it can be included where appropriate)
9. No filter to support sustainable solutions for an equitable world with 11 billion: As the AEF is often used as a way to allign different stakeholders' view and work on sustainability, some assessments conducted are for strategic purposes rather than for it's potential in relation to sustainability

Description
1. What the assessment is meant to be used for
1. Identifying solutions
2. Support solutions
3. Strategic decisions
4. Increased positive impact
5. Investor information
6. Market/user information
7. PR/Branding/Offsetting
8. Reporting
9. Other
2. Scope of assessment
1. Avoided Emissions
2. 1.5C Compatibility
3. SDG compatibility
4. Sustainability for 11 Billion Citizens
5. Other compatibility (existential risks, etc)
6. Preselected categories of solutions
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other
3. Stakeholder focus
1. Large companies
2. SMEs/Start-ups
3. Investors
4. Policy makers
5. Other
4. Assessment activities
1. Developing Principles (Offering high-level standards to begin to align stakholders)
2. Assessment & Internal reporting (Organizing common metrics & methodological guidelines)
3. Defining Targets (Defining strategies around specific impact goals, such as net-zero and 1.5C LED compatability)
4. Collecting and disclosing data (Advocating for and/or facilitating data transparency)
5. Standardizing evalualtion (Independent 3rd party evaluation based on publicly available data)
5. Time horizon
1. now
2. 2030
3. 2050
4. Other
6. Methodology
1. Individual LCA/assessment
2. Case studies
3. Macro assessment (solution belonging to specific area)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
7. Approach
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
1. Reduce problems from existing sectors
2. Delivering new solutions to needs
3 .Could not determine
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. N/A
8. State of development
1. Early Beta
2. Working beta/Draft
3. Working (but limited users)
4. Fully working/Published
9. Process
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
1. Static (just an assessment)
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve)
3. Dynamic (Explore new revenue streams and clusters)
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
10. Assessment unit
1. Individual technologies
2. Individual solutions (economic, leagal, etc)
3. Individual companies/start-ups
4. Clusters of companies/enablers
5. Companies
6. Cities
7. Countries
8. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
9. Other
11. Solution categories
1. All possible solutions
2. Predetermined areas
3. Minimum level of avoided emission
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Other
12. Solution areas
1. Technical
2. Business models
3. Financial
4. Legal
5. PR/Communication
6. Policy/Governance
7. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
8. Other/not specific
13. Process for verifying data
1. Third party
2. Open data
3. No process/nontransparent
4. Other
5. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
6. Not clear/no info provided
14. Data provided by
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
1. Start-up/company
2. Own data base
3. Other
4. Conducting solution assessments is not a focus
5. Not clear/no info provided
15. 1.5 °C pathway focus
1. P1
1. P2
1. P3
1. P4
5. N/A, unknown
Scale of operations
1. Number of impact assessments
2. Total avoided emissions
3. Total number 1.5C compatible assessments
4. Number of users
5a. Other indicator of scale: Total revenue of supported organizations/companies
5 b. Other indicator of scale: Number of countries/ cities/ other worked with
5c. Other indicator of scale: Total amount of assets represented
5d. Other indicator of scale: Other
16a. Number of impact assessments
196
16b. Total avoided emissions
5.3
16c. Total number 1.5 °C compatible assessments
45
17. Organizations behind

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Mission Innovation, Swedish Energy Agency, Climate KIC (see bottom of page for partners and actively supporting organizations) source

Description comments

What the assessment is meant to be used for
4. Increased positive impact: The purpose of the methodology is to calculate the potential avoided emissions from a specific solution, highlighting the potential as well as discussing aspects that may affect the impact of the solution uncertainties related to implementation, such as equivalent or competing solutions,market volume and market share
5. Investor information: The data is meant to be used directly by innovators and solution providers, but also for actors interesting in financial viability as well as political priortization and investment of resources

Scope of assessment
1. Avoided Emissions: Main focus of methodology

Stakeholder focus
2. SMEs/Start-ups: The methodology is mainly focused at providing assessments of solutions developed by start-up companies and SMEs, but can in theory be applied on most solutions
3. Investors: One of the purposes of the innovation is to provide data on which assessments have the largest potential, which is largely meant to provide input for investors in relation to long-term (2030 and beyond) investments

Assessment activities
1. Developing Principles (Offering high-level standards to begin to align stakholders: In addition to providing assesments of individual solutions, AEF was also designed to allign and gather various actors within the field of of avoided emissions and other assessment methodologies for assessing solutions (such as other LCA-focused methodologies)
5. Standardizing evalualtion (Independent 3rd party evaluation based on publicly available data): The AEF methodology is based on a description and data input from the solution provider, which is matched and verified with publically available data (using suitable data sources depending on the specific solution in question).

Time horizon 
2. 2030: 2030 is used as the default implementation year for solutions in the methodology

Methodology 
2. Case studies: The methodology focuses on assessment individual solutions and others like it on a global market

Approach 
2. Delivering new solutions to needs: Fundamentally the methodology was developed to identify high impact solutions that can replace and compete and complement with existing solutions

State of development 
3. Working (but limited users): The methodology is largely function (although under continous development) but the number of assessment is currently limited to strategic actors and solution providers

Process
2. Delta (made to help innovations/companies improve): The assessment is meant to highlight the potential of solutions, thus providing input to various stakeholders to act on

Assessment unit
2. Individual solutions (economic, leagal, etc): AEF assessments focus on individual solutions in a global setting

Solution categories
1. All possible solutions: There is little to no limitation related to what solution can be assessed using the AEF methodology
3. Minimum level of avoided emission: Part of the result of the AEF calculation (based on a sensitivity analyis)

Solution areas
1. Technical: The AEF actively works to include all types of solutions
2. Business models: The AEF actively works to include all types of solutions
3. Financial: The AEF actively works to include all types of solutions
4. Legal: The AEF actively works to include all types of solutions
5. PR/Communication: The AEF actively works to include all types of solutions
6. Policy/Governance: The AEF actively works to include all types of solutions

Process for verifying data
2. Open data: Data provided by stakeholders is generally verified with public data (unless to niche/no data is found)

Data provided by 
1. Start-up/company: The description and fundamental information related to individual solutions is provided by the solution provider

1.5 C Pathway Focus
5. N/A, unknown: The methodology assessment does not have a focus on a specific pathway (as it can be applied to most types of solution), although its development is inspired by large-scale implementation of P4-compatible solutions (low-energy demand)

Scale of operations
2. Total avoided emissions: Data presented in relation to the progress of the methodology and project is generally presented as the total potential avoided emissions calculated in the project

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