1. Efficiency improvements as key requisite to a sustainable low-carbon future
   • A fully sustainable low-carbon future is only possible if the best available energy efficiency options and technologies are fully implemented.
   • Paradigm shift in industrial production:Material efficiency needs to be enhanced in addition to energy efficiency. Industrial production must be redefined to ‘reduce, re-use and recycle’. It means avoiding material-intensive products and focusing on long-lasting, 100% recyclable products.
   • Wide application of zero emission buildings:Buildings need to be retrofitted to very high energy efficiency standards. 
   • Transport:Assuming a massive shift away from individual energy-intensive mobility, the remaining passenger car fleet must meet ambitious energy efficiency requirements.
   • The carbon efficiency of foodshould be improved. This includes reducing wastage and a shift to food with a lower carbon intensity.
2. A 100% renewable energy supply by 2050
   • Mobilise all electricity supply options from sun, wind and water.
   • Electric transport based on renewables is needed wherever possible. This implies almost 100% electric passenger cars and a greater use of public transport. With a 100% renewable energy supply, sustainable biomass is a very scarce resource and it should be used in areas where there are no technological alternatives, e.g. trucks, aviation and shipping, therefore, passenger cars must run on electricity with suitable batteries.
   • Significant enhancement of the electricity grid is necessary. The grids should be capable of sharing and exchanging clean energy.
   • Strict sustainability criteria for biofuels. To ensure that renewable energy, most particularly renewable energy from biofuels, is compatible with environmental and development goals, strict sustainability criteria should be developed and enforced.
3. Sustainable land use
   • Comprehensive land use strategies must be developed to solve the potential conflict in land use as agricultural areas, forests and wood production compete with each other for food production, carbon storage and as a source of biofuels.
   • Major reductions in non-energy emissions in agriculture are necessary. Where there are currently no mitigation options, research must be intensified.
4. Prompt action
   • Time is very short, so action must begin immediately to initiate rapid transformation.

These building blocks translate to separate targets for each of the sectors: