SGI 2024 | Sustainable Policymaking | Economic Sustainability | Decarbonized Energy System | Phase-out of Fossil Fuel-based Heating Systems, Deviation from Target

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Definition:	Share of fossil fuel based heating systems in residential sector, deviation from zero carbon target. The indicator values denote the ratio of the slope of the trend of the past five years in relation to the slope of the trend required to meet the zero emission target by the year 2045.
Year:	2021
Unit:	Ratio
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	IEA
Data for:
Annotation:	IEA, Evolution of residential total final consumption by source URL: https://www.iea.org/countrie… extracted 2024/07/06.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	1.715
Minimum:	-1.045
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult). Calculation methodology is based on Velten, E.K, Schöberlein, P., Gilon, Th. and Hecke, J. (2024), Framework and methodology for progress measurement, assessing progress towards climate neutrality, https://climateobservatory.eu/sites/default/files/2024-07/ECNO_MethodologyPaper_Update-v1.pdf.

Top group

Score

Phase-out of Fossil Fuel-based Heating Systems, Deviation from Target

Norway

10.0

73.78

Finland

10.0

2.40

Slovakia

9.4

1.53

Upper middle group

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Poland

7.5

0.95

Czechia

6.9

0.75

Australia

6.6

0.68

Estonia

6.0

0.48

Lower middle group

France

5.9

0.46

Denmark

5.8

0.44

Switzerland

5.7

0.40

Canada

5.3

0.28

Sweden

5.3

0.28

Italy

5.2

0.24

Slovenia

5.2

0.24

Spain

5.0

0.19

Latvia

5.0

0.18

Austria

5.0

0.17

Portugal

4.8

0.11

Germany

4.7

0.08

Ireland

4.6

0.07

Netherlands

4.6

0.07

USA

4.6

0.05

4.5

0.04

Belgium

4.5

0.03

Japan

4.3

-0.03

New Zealand

3.9

-0.17

Hungary

3.0

-0.42

Bottom group

Greece

2.8

-0.48

Israel

2.7

-0.52

Lithuania

2.6

-0.55

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