Gain without pain: towards a more rational use of energy

As EU leaders prepare to discuss the European Commission’s climate change package at their 13-14 March Summit, this EPC Working Paper by Marie-Hélène Fandel and Fabian Zuleeg argues that policy-makers risk overlooking an obvious way to make progress in the short term. It argues that much can be achieved by using energy more rationally, identifies five policy tools to foster this, analyses four key sectors and considers how these tools can be applied to deliver win-win solutions.