Doczi, Szilvia2024-06-072024-06-072024-06-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41672In the long term, both energy security and decarbonization in the region will depend on substantial increases in national climate ambitions. Achieving those increases will depend, in turn, on equally substantial increases in investment in low-carbon technologies, accompanied by timely policies and regulatory measures. The World Bank has developed a whole-energy-system model, data driven, technology rich, and bottom-up, to project optimal least-cost pathways for Europe and Central Asia to achieve a net zero energy target by 2060. This Live Wire is based on a report published in March 2024 (World Bank and ESMAP 2024).en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOENERGY ACCESSENERGY ACCESS POLICY AND REGULATIONSAFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGYSDG 7WHOLE-ENERGY-SYSTEM MODELBriefWorld Bank10.1596/41672