Advancing Quantification of Australia's Livestock Emissions Accounts - Carbon Sinks and Emissions Hot Spots Battle it Out En Route to Net Zero DOI
D Bowen Butchart, K Christie,

Geoff Roberts

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

CONTEXT: Rapid decarbonisation is required to mitigate climate change. An overdependence on land-based carbon capture threatens food production, indigenous and local rights, biodiversity, overshoot. Accurate emissions estimates are important for tracking progress towards net zero goals efficiently determining land requirements balance un-avoided emissions.OBJECTIVE: Here we examine spatiotemporal greenhouse gas profiles of Australia's national beef cattle sheep production including the primary categories allocated by Australian meat livestock industry. We assess performance at finer regional disaggregation incorporate spatially referenced forest cycling. The capacity National Greenhouse Inventory represent mitigation explored, limitations offset pathways discussed.METHODS: combine emission accounting methods with biophysical models quantify explicit trends in accounts. Annual produced from 2011-2020 across 46 regions representing >99.5% production.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: reveal have reduced 158 Mt CO2-e 2011 50 2020. Reductions associated declining loss whereas other direct sources such as enteric methane relatively stable reflect numbers rather than practice Our results highlight power regionally disaggregated assessments novelly revealing 12 grazing surpassed accounts scale flux suggests strategic source-sink shifts potential interim emissions. However, access offsets likely become competitive extent which objectives can draw afforestation will be limited social, environmental economic constraints. Medium long-term achievement maintenance require made reducing investigation inputs indicate greater accuracy industry may achieved. recommend avoidance halted deforestation prioritised relying accounts.SIGNIFICANCE: assessment informs industries relevant government organisations method advancement opportunities improve estimates, track commitments promote efficiency storage requirements.

Language: Английский

Advancing climate change and tourism policymaking in the Pacific Islands DOI Creative Commons
Susanne Becken, Johanna Loehr

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 17

Published: Jan. 31, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mapping the mitigation context for sectoral decarbonisation DOI Creative Commons
Susanne Becken

Tourism Recreation Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 8

Published: April 16, 2024

The accelerating climate crisis demands action by governments, sectors, organisations and individuals. This research aims to inform sectoral approaches, which catalyse decarbonisation within one particular part of the global economy, but whose success is shaped country-specific contexts. To appraise each country's enabling environment for change mitigation in tourism sector, data are drawn from World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Development Index 2019 2021. Focusing on three central areas mitigation, namely public transport, green energy, nature protection, a Mitigation Context created averaging normalised (1–7 scale) scores across six variables. results reveal that some countries provide favourable conditions emissions reduction, whilst others might impede progress. Understanding opportunities or constraints tourism's context can guide policy priorities, target setting investment decisions. Where significant national there an important opportunity leadership. could help unlock nudge country towards more ambitious action. Whilst work required fully capture context, this note intends trigger integrated thinking how optimise sectorial contributions evolving governance arrangements.

Language: Английский

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Using the Blockchain to Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Visitor Economy DOI Open Access
Eduard Romulus Goean, Xavier Font, Yu Xiong

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(10), P. 4000 - 4000

Published: May 10, 2024

The visitor economy is responsible for a substantial percentage of the global carbon footprint. mechanisms used to decarbonize it are insufficient, and industry relying on trading with substandard credits that allow businesses outsource responsibility decarbonize. We aim transform markets, help finance climate investments, support decarbonization strategies. identify define problem, outline components their interactions, develop conceptual model markets. new, blockchain-based Carbon Tokenomics Model rolls out decentralized database store, trade, manage credits, goal enabling sustainable investment. criteria needed an industry-wide calculator. explain process increase rigor in investments introduce delegated Proof Commitment consensus mechanism. Our inclusive transparent illustrates how reduce transaction costs build consumer trust, generating much-needed decarbonization.

Language: Английский

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Advancing quantification of Australia's beef cattle and sheep emissions accounts - Carbon sinks and emissions hot spots battle it out en route to net zero DOI Creative Commons
D Bowen Butchart, K Christie,

Geoff Roberts

et al.

Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 222, P. 104168 - 104168

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Exploring urban spatial heterogeneity and socio-environmental attributes of household greenhouse gas emissions DOI Creative Commons
Ningyu Yan,

Lilai Xu,

Gengyuan Liu

et al.

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6

Published: June 25, 2024

Understanding urban spatial heterogeneity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from sectoral household consumption is crucial to facilitate moves towards low-carbon cities. In this study, we use Xiamen city China as a case study reveal the emission characteristics GHG well heterogeneity. We conducted face-to-face questionnaire survey and calculated districts energy consumption, food transportation, housing, waste wastewater treatment. The amount residential shows obvious across districts. Total were 8.39 Mt. CO 2 e, average per capita 8.11 2.72 tCO respectively. While total vary 0.41 2.45 e six range 0.16 3.39 among sectors. Household differ 7.08 9.40 while between 2.41 3.14 Results also showed that more urbanized areas with higher population density have larger emissions, whereas comparatively lower in these areas. contrast, our did not show an (inverted-) U relationship or linear population, nor income level. largest sector emitting GHGs. These findings will be useful underpin policy making

Language: Английский

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Advancing Quantification of Australia's Livestock Emissions Accounts - Carbon Sinks and Emissions Hot Spots Battle it Out En Route to Net Zero DOI
D Bowen Butchart, K Christie,

Geoff Roberts

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

CONTEXT: Rapid decarbonisation is required to mitigate climate change. An overdependence on land-based carbon capture threatens food production, indigenous and local rights, biodiversity, overshoot. Accurate emissions estimates are important for tracking progress towards net zero goals efficiently determining land requirements balance un-avoided emissions.OBJECTIVE: Here we examine spatiotemporal greenhouse gas profiles of Australia's national beef cattle sheep production including the primary categories allocated by Australian meat livestock industry. We assess performance at finer regional disaggregation incorporate spatially referenced forest cycling. The capacity National Greenhouse Inventory represent mitigation explored, limitations offset pathways discussed.METHODS: combine emission accounting methods with biophysical models quantify explicit trends in accounts. Annual produced from 2011-2020 across 46 regions representing >99.5% production.RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: reveal have reduced 158 Mt CO2-e 2011 50 2020. Reductions associated declining loss whereas other direct sources such as enteric methane relatively stable reflect numbers rather than practice Our results highlight power regionally disaggregated assessments novelly revealing 12 grazing surpassed accounts scale flux suggests strategic source-sink shifts potential interim emissions. However, access offsets likely become competitive extent which objectives can draw afforestation will be limited social, environmental economic constraints. Medium long-term achievement maintenance require made reducing investigation inputs indicate greater accuracy industry may achieved. recommend avoidance halted deforestation prioritised relying accounts.SIGNIFICANCE: assessment informs industries relevant government organisations method advancement opportunities improve estimates, track commitments promote efficiency storage requirements.

Language: Английский

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