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Environmental Sciences
William J. Ripple, William R. Moomaw, Christopher Wolf, Matthew G. Betts, Beverly E. Law, Jillian Gregg, Thomas M. Newsome
Summary: Addressing climate change requires both mitigation and adaptation strategies to work together, with important synergies between them in areas such as energy, pollutants, nature, food, population, and the economy. There is enormous potential for civil society, government, world leaders, and the private sector to utilize adaptation opportunities provided by mitigation strategies, to alleviate humanity's suffering in navigating the uncertainties of the climate crisis.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Michael Lain
Summary: The aim of this article is to propose a novel policy, called climatism, to decouple the economic system from greenhouse gas emissions. This policy suggests a redefinition of dividends calculation, making it dependent on companies' achievements in emissions reduction. The intention is to align shareholders' pursuit of self-interest with the common good of climate change mitigation.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Migle Jakucionyte-Skodiene, Genovaite Liobikiene
Summary: This study examined the relationship between climate change concerns, personal responsibility, and actions related to climate change mitigation in EU countries. Economic development level significantly affects personal responsibility and the number of actions related to climate change mitigation, but not climate change concerns. Hofstede's cultural dimensions influence climate change concerns, responsibility, and the number of actions differently.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Christian Brand, Thomas Gotschi, Evi Dons, Regne Gerike, Esther Anaya-Boig, Ione Avila-Palencia, Audrey de Nazelle, Mireia Gascon, Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen, Francesco Iacorossi, Sonja Kahlmeier, Luc Int Panis, Francesca Racioppi, David Rojas-Rueda, Arnout Standaert, Erik Stigell, Simona Sulikova, Sandra Wegener, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen
Summary: The study highlights the importance of promoting active travel to reduce carbon emissions, particularly in urban areas. Shifting towards more sustainable modes of transport can have significant impacts on mitigating climate change.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
B. H. Samset, C. Zhou, J. S. Fuglestvedt, M. T. Lund, J. Marotzke, M. D. Zelinka
Summary: A physics based Green's function approach is used to filter out sea surface temperature patterns and detect the temperature response to emission mitigation. The study finds an earlier emergence of a response to strong emissions mitigation after the modulation is filtered. The filtered surface warming rate for the observed temperatures is 0.24 degrees C per decade, consistent with long-term trends.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
H. Cooper, S. Sjogersten, R. M. Lark, S. J. Mooney
Summary: Zero-tillage can reduce GHG emissions, increase soil carbon storage, and mitigate against climate change.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Tsegaye Ginbo, Luca Di Corato, Ruben Hoffmann
Summary: This paper discusses the importance of uncertainty and time flexibility in investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation, highlighting the limitations in current modeling and research on the uncertainty associated with climate change, as well as the focus on decisions made by risk neutral profit maximizers. Further research is needed to address the identified gaps.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zahid Hussain
Summary: This study analyzes the joint effect of the transport sector on the economy and the environment, and investigates the impact of transport-related climate change mitigation technology on efficiency levels. The findings suggest that environmental research and development and climate change mitigation technologies have a negative impact on transport efficiency, while climate change mitigation technology related to air has a greater impact on economic and environmental transport efficiency.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Chih-Chun Kung, Chengcheng J. Fei, Bruce A. McCarl, Xinxin Fan
Summary: This study reviews and compares different pyrolysis technologies and their biopower potential as well as the agronomic and environmental benefits. The results suggest that revenue from energy sales generally outweighs the agronomic and environmental benefits, but the extent varies depending on commodity prices and emission prices. The study also finds that biochar can potentially offset the loss from energy sales and provide agronomic and environmental benefits.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Transportation
Asimina Voskaki, Thomas Budd, Keith Mason
Summary: Climate hazards have been recognized as key risk factors for airports recently. Limited work has been done to combine specific climate change impacts with overall climate risk. This paper investigates historical airport sensitivity to climate hazards and offers insights on the global airport system's overall climate risk, which is crucial for airport planners and decision-makers.
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Olivia Borgue, Andreas M. Hein
Summary: To limit climate change to within the 2 degrees C limit, net zero emissions of CO2 by 2050 are necessary. Space-based geoengineering, specifically using lightweight sunshades positioned near the Earth-Sun L1 point, is proposed as a viable option. These sunshades, using transparent refractive surfaces made with ultra-thin polymeric films and SiO2 nanotubes, are significantly lighter and more affordable than existing concepts.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xueqi Wang, Jin Chen
Summary: Emotion plays a significant role in climate engagement behavior, but empirical experiments on emotions influencing behavior changes, especially in climate change education, are rare. This study conducted a 2-week climate change education program using video clips to induce emotions such as fear and hope, and compared the effects of emotions plus lecture group and lecture-only group on self-reported mitigation behavior in adolescents. The results showed that emotional video clips successfully stimulated the target emotions, and there was a significant improvement in both knowledge gain and self-reported mitigation behavior in the lecture-only group. Climate change concern and involvement mediated the effect on mitigation behavior. The hope treatment group showed decreased knowledge gain but no significant effect on self-reported mitigation behavior, while the fear treatment group significantly reduced students' self-reported mitigation behavior, particularly in emission reduction activities. This highlights the importance of combining knowledge with appropriate emotions in adolescents for educational outcomes.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Claudia F. Nisa, Jocelyn J. Belanger, Birga M. Schumpe, Edyta M. Sasin
Summary: Attachment theory suggests that secure attachment is crucial for understanding climate change mitigation, as it requires joint action and collective behavioral change. Research shows that priming attachment security can increase acceptance and perceived responsibility toward anthropogenic climate change by enhancing empathy for others, leading to increased actions to address climate change. Additionally, activating attachment security may also result in higher donations to pro-environmental groups and reduce food waste, indicating that promoting secure attachment could be an effective approach for climate change mitigation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Maura M. K. Austin, Benjamin A. Converse
Summary: As climate predictions become more dire, society cannot rely solely on mitigation efforts. Climate-engineering technology, while promising, also presents various risks, including the concern of decreasing public commitment to mitigation actions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Joel Millward-Hopkins, Yannick Oswald
Summary: Economic inequality and climate change are crucial issues, with the Global North and wealthier classes being the main drivers of global carbon emissions. Reducing income inequality can help reduce carbon footprint inequalities, but it may not significantly decrease total emissions. Recomposing consumption by reducing inequalities in household expenditure and reallocating the reductions to public services can lead to significant reductions in carbon footprint on both individual country and global levels.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Cedric Clastres, Olivier Rebenaque, Patrick Jochem
Summary: This paper investigates the potential benefits for French prosumers from providing demand response (DR) in different electricity markets. The study finds that although demand response volumes can represent around 20% of self-consumption, due to uncertainty and compensations to the supplier, the actual percentage drops to 6%. Therefore, the savings from self-consumption and demand response in France are not enough to cover the investment cost in a battery storage system (BSS), and a demand response premium is needed in order to reach the break-even point.
ENERGY SYSTEMS-OPTIMIZATION MODELING SIMULATION AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Emma W. Littleton, Anita Shepherd, Anna B. Harper, Astley F. S. Hastings, Naomi E. Vaughan, Jonathan Doelman, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Timothy M. Lenton
Summary: This study aims to quantify the uncertainty of large-scale bioenergy by contrasting the results of three different types of models under the same mitigation scenario. The results highlight the uncertainty in rapidly scaling-up biomass energy supply, especially in dry tropical climates and in regions where future climate change could result in drier conditions. These findings have important policy implications for limiting global warming to 'well below 2 degrees C'.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2023)
Correction
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, Carole-Anne Senit, Marianne Beisheim, Steven Bernstein, Pamela Chasek, Leonie Grob, Rakhyun E. Kim, Louis J. Kotze, Mans Nilsson, Andrea Ordonez Llanos, Chukwumerije Okereke, Prajal Pradhan, Rob Raven, Yixian Sun, Marjanneke J. Vijge, Detlef van Vuuren, Birka Wicke
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Isabela Tagomori, Vassilis Daioglou, Pedro Rochedo, Gerd Angelkorte, Roberto Schaeffer, Detlef van Vuuren, Alexandre Szklo
Summary: The study applied the Bioenergy and Land Optimization Spatially Explicit Model (BLOEM) to assess bioenergy supply in the Brazilian context and investigate the role of recovered degraded pasture lands. The results showed different outcomes when optimizing for limiting deforestation and minimizing logistics costs, and revealed that recovering degraded pasture lands is attractive from both logistics and climate perspectives. The BLOEM model provides valuable insights for mapping sustainable bioenergy value chain pathways.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Gabriel Y. K. Moinet, Renske Hijbeek, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Ken E. Giller
Summary: The role of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration as a 'win-win' solution to both climate change and food insecurity is critically examined in this article. The inclusion of SOC saturation in estimations significantly reduces the potential contribution of SOC sequestration to climate change mitigation, and the observed yield effects of increasing SOC are inconsistent. The article argues for a shift towards soil-smart agriculture that takes into account specific local conditions and quantifies multiple soil functions for land sustainability and food security.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Li-Jing Liu, Hong-Dian Jiang, Qiao-Mei Liang, Felix Creutzig, Hua Liao, Yun-Fei Yao, Xiang-Yan Qian, Zhong-Yuan Ren, Jing Qing, Qi-Ran Cai, Ottmar Edenhofer, Yi-Ming Wei
Summary: The Russia-Ukraine conflict exposes the EU's reliance on fossil fuel imports from Russia. Using a global computable general equilibrium model, this study examines the impact of embargoing Russian fossil fuels on CO2 emissions and GDP. The findings show that embargoes would result in a more than 10% reduction in CO2 emissions in the EU and slight increases in Russia, but both regions would experience GDP losses. Implementing demand-side response within the EU could increase CO2 emission savings and mitigate GDP losses.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ivan Savin, Felix Creutzig, Tatiana Filatova, Joel Foramitti, Theo Konc, Leila Niamir, Karolina Safarzynska, Jeroen van den Bergh
Summary: Ambitious climate mitigation policies face resistance due to social and political factors, partly because they fail to incorporate diverse insights from the social sciences regarding potential policy outcomes. Agent-based models can serve as a powerful tool for integrating elements from different disciplines, enabling a more comprehensive assessment of climate policies.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ioannis Dafnomilis, Michel den Elzen, Detlef P. van Vuuren
Summary: More than 100 countries have communicated or adopted new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and net-zero target pledges. Our investigation using the IMAGE integrated assessment model reveals that these pledges, although important, are insufficient to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Despite this, our scenarios project significant decarbonization in all sectors, particularly in electricity, but challenges remain in sectors such as industry and transport.
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst, Francesco Bosello, Shouro Dasgupta, Laurent Drouet, Johannes Emmerling, Andries Hof, Marian Leimbach, Ramiro Parrado, Franziska Piontek, Gabriele Standardi, Detlef van Vuuren
Summary: The cost-benefit analysis of climate change heavily relies on the choice of damage function, which is difficult to obtain credible information for. Comparison of multiple models reveals that the optimum temperature for climate change may be lower than previously estimated. Economic analyses of global climate change have been criticized for their inadequate representation of the damages caused. The study developed and applied aggregate damage functions in three different Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) with varying levels of complexity, including a wide but incomplete range of climate change impacts. The results show that global damages, based on medium estimates for damage functions, are projected to be approximately 10% to 12% of the GDP by 2100 under a baseline scenario with 3 degrees C temperature increase, and about 2% under a well-below 2 degrees C scenario. These damages exceed previous estimates from benefit-cost studies and indicate that optimal temperatures might be below 2 degrees C when considering damages and discount rates. Furthermore, the benefit-cost ratios range from 1.5 to 3.9, even without factoring in unaccounted damages such as biodiversity losses, health impacts, and tipping points.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ying Deng, Karl-Kien Cao, Wenxuan Hu, Ronald Stegen, Kai von Krbek, Rafael Soria, Pedro Rua Rodriguez Rochedo, Patrick Jochem
Summary: Improvements in modelling energy systems of populous emerging economies are crucial for successful global energy transition. The currently used open source models still lack appropriate open data. With Brazil's energy system as an example, we provide a comprehensive open dataset that includes time series data, geospatial data, and tabular data, enabling further energy system studies based on open data relevant to decarbonization.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Charlotte Liotta, Vincent Viguie, Felix Creutzig
Summary: This study uses a spatially explicit monocentric urban economic model to analyze the impact of four representative policies on reducing transport greenhouse gas emissions in 120 cities worldwide. The results show that implementing these policies in all cities can reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions by 31% in 15 years. However, the consequences of the same policies vary widely between cities, depending on factors such as the policy considered, income level, population growth rate, spatial organization, and existing public transport supply. Applying welfare-increasing policy portfolios can reduce emissions by 22% in 15 years.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Erik Haites, Paolo Bertoldi, Michael Koenig, Christopher Bataille, Felix Creutzig, Dipak Dasgupta, Stephane de la Rue du Can, Smail Khennas, Yong-Gun Kim, Lars J. Nilsson, Joyashree Roy, Agus Sari
Summary: This paper highlights the challenge of reducing emissions in emissions-intensive, trade-exposed sectors and proposes policy packages to achieve emission reduction targets while minimizing the risk of leakage.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Felix Creutzig, Frank Goetzke, Anjali Ramakrishnan, Marina Andrijevic, Patricia Perkins
Summary: Climate change mitigation is often evaluated based on technologies and policy instruments, but the role of governance and social capital in complex social systems should not be overlooked. This study explores the importance of quality of governance, social capital, and equality as prerequisites for effective climate policies. By analyzing national-level indicators of social systems with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Structural Equation Models (SEM), we find that impartiality in governance is crucial for fostering social capital, interpersonal trust, equality, and effective climate policies such as carbon pricing. Socio-economic inequalities can undermine trust and political engagement, posing challenges to achieving the overarching goal of climate change mitigation. However, evidence suggests that fairly implemented climate policies can contribute to a virtuous cycle by improving the quality of governance and strengthening the capacity to implement strong climate policies. Our findings highlight the significance of impartial governance and social capital in driving effective climate policies.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2023)
Correction
Energy & Fuels
Kavya Madhu, Stefan Pauliuk, Sumukha Dhathri, Felix Creutzig
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Helmut Haberl, Markus Loew, Alejandro Perez-Laborda, Sarah Matej, Barbara Plank, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Felix Creutzig, Karl-Heinz Erb, Juan Antonio Duro
Summary: The extent and spatial patterns of settlements and infrastructures have a significant impact on the resource demand of national economies worldwide, almost as much as GDP. While built structures at the urban level are known to influence energy demand and CO2 emissions, their role at the national level is often overlooked due to limited data availability. Instead, factors such as GDP are more commonly assessed. In this study, we present national-level indicators to characterize patterns of built structures and find that they are almost equally important as GDP for predicting energy demand and CO2 emissions.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
