<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhang, Chuan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Honghua Yang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yunlong Zhao</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Linwei Ma</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eric D. Larson</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chris Greig</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Realizing ambitions: A framework for iteratively assessing and communicating national decarbonization progress</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">iScience</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy resources</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy systems</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2022</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221016655</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">25</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">103695</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Summary A growing number of governments are pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century. Despite such ambitions, realized emissions reductions continue to fall alarmingly short of modeled energy transition pathways for achieving net-zero. This gap is largely a result of the difficulty of realistically modeling all the techno-economic and sociopolitical capabilities that are required to deliver actual emissions reductions. This limitation of models suggests the need for an energy-systems analytical framework that goes well beyond energy-system modeling in order to close the gap between ambition and reality. Toward that end, we propose the Emissions-Sustainability-Governance-Operation (ESGO) framework for structured assessment and transparent communication of national capabilities and realization. We illustrate the critical role of energy modeling in ESGO using recent net-zero modeling studies for the world's two largest emitters, China and the United States. This illustration leads to recommendations for improvements to energy-system modeling to enable more productive ESGO implementation.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>