Achieving deep transport energy demand reductions in the United Kingdom

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 207, P. 114941 - 114941

Published: Oct. 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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From extraction to end‐uses and waste management: Modeling economy‐wide material cycles and stock dynamics around the world

Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 28(6), P. 1464 - 1480

Published: Nov. 12, 2024

Abstract Material stocks of infrastructure, buildings, and machinery are the biophysical basis production consumption. They a crucial lever for resource efficiency sustainable circular economy. While material stock research has proliferated over last years, most studies investigated specific materials or end‐uses, usually not embedded into an economy‐wide perspective. Herein, we present novel version economy‐wide, dynamic, inflow‐driven model inputs, stocks, outputs ( MISO2 ), global, country‐level application. Currently, covers 14 supply chain processes from raw extraction to processing, trade, recycling, waste management, as well 13 end‐uses stocks. The derived database 23 20 stock‐building materials, across 177 countries 1900 2016. We find that total amount 1093 Gt in 2016, which majority residential (290 Gt) non‐residential buildings (234 Gt), civil engineering (243 roads (313 Gt). other nine covering stationary mobile machinery, short‐lived products, Gt. per capita highly unequally distributed around world, with one order magnitude difference between low‐ high‐income countries. Results agree similar global studies. Low data quality some domains, especially lower‐income sand gravel aggregates, warrant further attention. In conclusion, provide stock‐flow consistent perspectives socio‐economic metabolism enabling multiple policy relevant opportunities. This article met requirements silver‐gold JIE openness badge described at http://jie.click/badges .

Language: Английский

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How decarbonization and the circular economy interact: Benefits and trade‐offs in the case of the buildings, transport, and electricity sectors in Austria

Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 31, 2025

Abstract The widely heralded decarbonization of economies is a significant intervention in countries' societal metabolism, which eliminates the use fossil fuels but also requires renewing stocks such as buildings, vehicles, and power plants, turn materials energy. circular economy (CE) shifts country's metabolism toward less material demand, waste, emissions, moving away from linear resource flow pattern to one that narrows slows flows closes loops, order support climate protection. This article uses example Austria examine how CE interact transport, electricity sectors. We scenarios analyze contribution strategies achieve targets set by Austrian policy: (1) carbon neutrality 2040, (2) ambitious reductions consumption, (3) limiting annual land take. A scenario focusing on “decarbonization” alone reduces processed 7% compared reference scenario, associated with high risks: it large supplies green electricity, technology‐critical elements, smooth permitting procedures. “weak CE” shows little mitigating effects these risks. take are missed two scenarios. Avoiding further expansion buildings roads unbuilt part “strong identified key narrow respective sectors 102 26 Mt/a consistent all three policy targets. It inter alia demand for facilitating additionally generating co‐benefits health.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the seasonal impact of photovoltaic roofs on urban land surface temperature under different urban spatial forms

Renewable Energy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 122724 - 122724

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Existing demand-side climate change mitigation policies neglect avoid options

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

Demand-side options are increasingly recognized for their potential to mitigate climate change while reducing reliance on novel carbon dioxide removal. However, systematic analyses of implemented demand-side mitigation policy mixes remain scarce, compromising assessment and exploration effective feasible policies. Here, we provide a multilevel analysis the evolution, composition, foci in transport housing sector from 1995 2024, focusing EU, federal Austrian two provincial levels (Vienna, Lower Austria). Our high-resolution database features 351 measures, systematically classified according target, instrument type, avoid-shift-improve framework. We find that existing heavily rely shift improve critically neglecting potentials avoid as well certain areas. This suggests an urgent need broaden explore strategies increase political feasibility options.

Language: Английский

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Biodiversity Impacts of Land Occupation for Renewable Energy Infrastructure in a Globally Connected World

Environmental Science & Technology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

The transition to renewable energy exacerbates direct land occupation by infrastructure, leading habitat degradation and biodiversity loss. However, loss driven the production consumption of different deployment scenarios remains largely unquantified. Quantifying associated with infrastructure is essential for a sustainable transition. Here, we developed novel data set evaluate energy-related considering current setting future development pathways. We found that resulted in global equivalent amounting 19 × 10–4 pdf 2015. Severe was concentrated primarily densely populated economically advanced countries, such as China, United States, Brazil, India, Australia, Russia, countries across Western Europe. International trade accounted 14% Future will lead cumulative 1.2 10–2–2.2 10–2 during 2015–2060. By 2060, ambitious policies are projected increase 1.7–1.8 times. results underscore while could tackle climate change, its should avoid encroaching on hotspots.

Language: Английский

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A combination of measures limits demand for critical materials in Sweden’s electric car transition

Communications Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Language: Английский

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Reconfiguring Industry. Ambition Versus Policy on the Path Towards Net-Zero

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Urban Transportation Planning: Integrating an Electrified Metro System into Kampala Metropolis

Multimodal Transportation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100220 - 100220

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Tipping points toward sustainability: The role of industrial ecology

Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2025

Abstract The discussion of tipping points (TPs) is getting increasing attention when addressing the climate and energy crisis. While industrial ecology (IE) has been playing a role in debates, it so far fallen short substantially adding to research on TPs. This forum input highlights how current contributions from IE have impacted scientific community's understanding TP. It potential areas where engagement could be more prominent out avenues for achieving this. In particular, five fields action seem pertinent: (i) engaging theory building; (ii) closer collaboration with social sciences economics; (iii) identifying defining new indicators; (iv) making use modeling techniques; (v) open science.

Language: Английский

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