Equity, technological innovation and sustainable behaviour in a low-carbon future

Nature Human Behaviour, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(3), P. 326 - 337

Published: Jan. 31, 2022

Language: Английский

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Innovation and climate change: A review and introduction to the special issue

Technovation, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 117, P. 102612 - 102612

Published: Aug. 10, 2022

While innovation is expected to play a major role in decarbonization, the development and diffusion of low-carbon technologies are too slow most sectors countries stabilize climate. In this introductory paper Special Issue on “Innovation climate change”, we review selected studies literature, reflect historical trends insights, cast light future research change. To set stage for present an analysis key topics, influential papers journals, highlighting contributions across four interrelated themes: fostering action, shaping policy, promoting experimentation learning, examining effectiveness. past special issue made significant contributions, suggest that have not sufficiently engaged with three important topics: i) blending behavioural change technological innovation; ii) socio-technical drivers accelerated transitions, iii) digital as new venues solutions managerial challenges addressing The nexus calls different disciplines coevolutionary views, opposed traditional disciplinary focused approach. It also may require need broader, more inclusive interdisciplinary teams.

Language: Английский

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Decarbonizing the oil refining industry: A systematic review of sociotechnical systems, technological innovations, and policy options

Energy Research & Social Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 89, P. 102542 - 102542

Published: Feb. 17, 2022

Language: Английский

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Promotion of green financing: Role of renewable energy and energy transition in China

Renewable Energy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 210, P. 769 - 775

Published: April 26, 2023

Language: Английский

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Variation-based complementarity assessment between wind and solar resources in China

Energy Conversion and Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 278, P. 116726 - 116726

Published: Feb. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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International risk of food insecurity and mass mortality in a runaway global warming scenario

Futures, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 150, P. 103173 - 103173

Published: April 28, 2023

Climate and agriculture have played an interconnected role in the rise fall of historical civilizations. Our modern food system, based on open-environment production globalised supply chains, is vulnerable to a litany abiotic biotic stressors exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change. Despite this evidence, greenhouse gas emissions continue rise. Current trajectories suggest global warming ∼2.0–4.9 °C 2100, however, worst-case scenario with rapid combustion all available fossil fuels could cause ∼12 °C. Even if decline, unprecedented atmospheric CO2-e concentrations risk triggering tipping points system feedbacks that may see exceed 8 Yet, such speculative 'runaway warming' has received minimal attention compared mainstream low- mid-range scenarios. This study builds The Limits Growth provide new insights into international mass mortality due insecurity higher-resolution illustration World3's (∼8–12 °C+). simulation indicates decline unequal distribution ∼6 billion deaths starvation 2100. We highlight importance including high-resolution simulations high-range change impact modelling make well-informed decisions about mitigation, resilience adaptation.

Language: Английский

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Operationalizing Digitainability: Encouraging Mindfulness to Harness the Power of Digitalization for Sustainable Development

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(8), P. 6844 - 6844

Published: April 18, 2023

Digitalization is globally transforming the world with profound implications. It has enormous potential to foster progress toward sustainability. However, in its current form, digitalization also continues enable and encourage practices numerous unsustainable impacts affecting our environment, ingraining inequality, degrading quality of life. There an urgent need identify such multifaceted holistically. Impact assessment digital interventions (DIs) leading essential specifically for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Action required understand pursuit short-term gains achieving long-term value-driven sustainable development. We impact DIs on various actors diverse contexts. A holistic understanding will help us align visions development measures mitigate negative short impacts. The recently developed digitainability framework (DAF) unveils in-depth context-aware offers evidence-based profile SDGs at indicator level. This paper demonstrates how DAF can be instrumental guiding participatory action implementation practices. summarizes insights during Digitainable Spring School 2022 (DSS) “Sustainability Artificial Intelligence,” one whose goals was operationalize as a tool process collaboration active involvement professionals field guides formulation given DI. An evaluation within protocol benchmarks specific DI’s against SDG indicators framework. participating experts worked together DI gather analyze evidence by operationalizing DAF. four identified are follows: smart home technology (SHT) energy efficiency, blockchain food security, artificial intelligence (AI) land use cover change (LUCC), Big Data international law. Each expert groups addresses different using techniques data related criteria indicators. knowledge presented here could increase challenges opportunities provide structure developing implementing robust data-driven insights.

Language: Английский

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Feasible supply of steel and cement within a carbon budget is likely to fall short of expected global demand

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Nov. 30, 2023

The current decarbonization strategy for the steel and cement industries is inherently dependent on build-out of infrastructure, including CO2 transport storage, renewable electricity, green hydrogen. However, deployment this infrastructure entails considerable uncertainty. Here we explore global feasible supply within Paris-compliant carbon budgets, explicitly considering uncertainties in infrastructure. Our scenario analysis reveals that despite substantial growth recycling- hydrogen-based production, will only meet 58-65% (interquartile range) expected baseline demand 2050. Cement even more uncertain due to limited mitigation options, meeting 22-56% These findings pose a two-fold challenge decarbonizing industries: one hand, governments need expand essential rapidly; other prepare risk failures, rather than solely waiting large-scale emerge. scenarios provide compelling evidence urgency demand-side actions establish benchmarks required level resource efficiency.

Language: Английский

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Human Resources Information System (HRIS) to Enhance Civil Servants’ Innovation Outcomes: Compulsory or Complimentary?

Administrative Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 32 - 32

Published: Jan. 26, 2023

The Internet of things (IoT) has oriented organisations digitally in administrating human resources. In line with this trend, Indonesian public sectors are adopting Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) to boost employee innovation outcomes. However, coercive pressure implement HRIS only resulted fiascos for the technology, which cannot be fully considered eliminate long, ineffective, and inefficient practices. This study examines instrumental adoption factors adopt boosting outcomes from technological, organisational, people, social outlooks. empirical data consisting 500 valid datasets were obtained servants Indonesia via web-based questionnaires. structural equation modelling (SEM), was used examine relationship among constructs. Technology fit, organisational resources, knowledge, influences have positive impacts on technology adoption. when treated as a mediation, negative path implied that e-HRM reflected implementation would not make employees innovative. scrutinized under ability, motivation, opportunity (AMO) framework insights clearly portray Indonesian’s ability fit into is problematical, making technological sector complimentary, compulsory. suggests HRM reform top priority if country wishes achieve world-class bureaucracy by 2025.

Language: Английский

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Growing role of concrete in sand and climate crises

iScience, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 26(5), P. 106782 - 106782

Published: April 29, 2023

Concrete production poses multiple sustainability challenges, including resource over-exploitation and climate change. Here we show that growing global demand for buildings infrastructure over the past three decades has quadrupled concrete production, reaching ∼26 Gt/year in 2020. As a result, annual requirements virgin aggregates (∼20 Gt/year) exceeded extraction of all fossil fuels (∼15 Gt/year), exacerbating sand scarcity, ecosystem destruction, social conflict. We also despite industry efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by ∼20% per unit mainly through clinker substitution improved thermal efficiency, increased outweighed these gains. Consequently, concrete-related have tripled between 1990 2020, its contribution risen from 5% 9%. propose policy agenda should focus more on limiting growth changing how structures are designed, constructed, used, disposed address crises.

Language: Английский

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