This paper presents ongoing research being carried out for the EU-funded ADAM project (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy). Funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK, ADAM is an integrated research project running from 2006 to 2009 that will lead to a better understanding of the trade-offs and conflicts that exist between adaptation and mitigation policies. ADAM will support EU policy development in the follow-on stage of the Kyoto Protocol and will inform the emergence of new adaptation strategies for Europe. CEPS is one of 26 participating research institutes in the project (see http://www.adamproject.eu/). CEPS Policy Briefs present concise, policy-oriented analyses of topical issues in European affairs, with the aim of interjecting the views of CEPS researchers and associates into the policy-making process in a timely fashion. Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed are attributable only to the authors in a personal capacity and not to any institution with which they are associated. Available for free downloading from the CEPS website (http://www.ceps.eu) © CEPS 2009 Reaching the 2°C Target: Technological Requirements, Economic Costs and Policies Contributors * Henry Neufeldt Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, United Kingdom Detlef P. van Vuuren and Morna Isaac Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Netherlands Brigitte Knopf and Ottmar Edenhofer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Wolfgang Schade and Eberhard Jochem Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany and CEPE (Centra for Energy Policy and Economics), ETH Zurich, Switzerland Frans Berkhout Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands * All authors contributed equally to this paper and are listed in the order in which their contributions appear. No. 188/May 2009