Article
Environmental Sciences
An Zeng, Yuhui Sheng, Baihe Gu, Zhengzao Wang, Mingyue Wang
Summary: This study suggests that full mobilization and effective use of climate aid are crucial for the low carbon transition of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. The findings indicate that climate aid has significant reduction effects on carbon emissions intensity, with mitigation aid showing better benefits than adaptation aid. Climate aid has dual carbon emissions reduction effects in BRI countries, both directly by increasing carbon reduction resources and indirectly through promoting renewable energy and optimizing energy structures.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Economics
Hongshan Ai, Xiaoqing Tan, Shengwen Zhou, Yuhan Zhou, Hongye Xing
Summary: This study explores the effects of environmental regulation on CO2 emissions in China and finds that it significantly reduces CO2 emissions. The study also identifies regional differences in the reduction effect and proposes three potential influencing channels.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Steffen Dalsgaard
Summary: This article explores the role of anthropology of digital technology in understanding climate mitigating initiatives. While many argue that digitalization is crucial for decoupling economic growth from carbon emissions, critics highlight the significant and often ignored climate impact of IT. The study emphasizes the need to view decoupling as a matter of sociocultural change in the spaces between IT, climate change, and society.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sam Fankhauser, Stephen M. Smith, Myles Allen, Kaya Axelsson, Thomas Hale, Cameron Hepburn, J. Michael Kendall, Radhika Khosla, Javier Lezaun, Eli Mitchell-Larson, Michael Obersteiner, Lavanya Rajamani, Rosalind Rickaby, Nathalie Seddon, Thom Wetzer
Summary: The concept of net-zero carbon emissions is rooted in physical climate science but is operationalized through social, political, and economic systems. Seven critical attributes have been identified for the successful implementation of net zero, emphasizing the urgency of emission reductions, coverage of all emission sources, cautious use of carbon dioxide removals, and alignment with broader sustainable development objectives.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Faramarz Jabbari-Zadeh, Arsha Karbassi, Aditya Khetan
Summary: Combatting climate change may be the greatest public health opportunity of the 21st century. Physicians and medical students have a significant ecological footprint, particularly those from Canada and USA. Most physicians are interested in reducing their ecological footprint, and those who engage in climate change discussions are more likely to take action.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Liang Liu, Lianshui Li
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of technical change in China's industrial sectors on CO2 emissions, finding that labor-biased technical change is conducive to emission reduction while capital-biased technical change has the opposite effect. The recommendation is for the government to promote labor-biased technical change based on differentiated characteristics.
Article
Economics
Ling Liao, Ivan Diaz-Rainey, Duminda Kuruppuarachchi, Sebastian Gehricke
Summary: The New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) is unique in its inclusion of forestry as a carbon sink. The scheme has undergone multiple policy changes, including a shift from unlimited importation of units to complete self-reliance. Through empirical analysis, we found that international offsets had a negative impact on NZU returns before the de-link date, while domestic supply affected returns after the official de-link date. Surprisingly, green offsets, mainly from forestry, had a positive effect on NZU returns before the de-link date. Demand-side factors, such as sectoral effects, also played a significant role in NZU returns.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Emily G. Murray, Andrea L. DiGiorgio
Summary: This paper discusses the importance of individual actions in reducing carbon dioxide emissions, emphasizing that adopting these actions on a global scale may have effects comparable to geoengineering. The author argues that relying too much on geoengineering may weaken the motivation for individuals to take proactive actions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuru Liu, Jingyu Zhu, Christopher Padi Tuwor, Chen Ling, Lei Yu, Ke Yin
Summary: We evaluate the response of global supply chains to carbon emissions during the COVID-19 crisis by using MRIO models for import and export shocks in 14 countries/territories. CO2 emissions inventories based on intermediate inputs and final consumption are used to analyze the environmental impacts. The results show a decrease of 6.01% in global carbon emissions during COVID-19, with a significant reduction in imported carbon emissions and the transport sector witnessing an 18.42% carbon emission reduction.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Veterinary Sciences
Jeremy A. Watson, Corinna Klupiec, Jane Bindloss, Mariane Morin
Summary: This article emphasizes the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the veterinary profession due to its impact on animal health. It provides a business framework for veterinary practices to implement the path to Net Zero carbon emissions.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Economics
Shaikh M. S. U. Eskander, Sam Fankhauser
Summary: We analyzed the international impact of national climate legislation on carbon emissions in 111 countries from 1996-2018. We estimated net carbon imports, or trade-related carbon leakage, as the difference between consumption and production emissions. Legislation had a significant negative impact on both consumption and production emissions. However, there was no statistically significant net impact on trade-related emissions, both in the short term (laws passed in the last 3 years) and the long term (laws older than 3 years). We found a significant negative long-term impact on domestic emissions from laws passed by trade partners. This corresponds to the traditional definition of carbon leakage. Overall, we conclude that climate legislation has not had a detrimental effect on international emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Noman Arshed, Kamran Hameed, Asma Saher, Naveed Yazdani
Summary: The postmodernism stance critiques the discourse of modern consumption-based societies, emphasizing the relationship between consumption patterns and carbon footprints, and highlighting the impact of national cultural orientation on the relationship between consumption and CO2 emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Fulu Tao, Taru Palosuo, Aleksi Lehtonen, Jaakko Heikkinen, Raisa Makipaa
Summary: This study aims to investigate the extent and rates of soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration potential under different climate and Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) practices in Finland. The study finds that increasing carbon input can promote SOC sequestration, but climate change reduces the potential. The findings are significant for increasing SOC sequestration efficiently in croplands.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Business
Antonio J. Mateo-Marquez, Jose M. Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Constancio Zamora-Ramirez
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of the regulative, normative, and cultural dimensions of institutions on companies' decisions to voluntarily disclose environmental information and on the quality of the information disclosed. The results show that the three institutional pillars have different effects on both the decision to respond and the quality of disclosure.
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria-Gloria Barbera-Marin, Laura Fabregat-Aibar, Andreu-Michael Neumann-Calafell, Antonio Terceno
Summary: This paper analyzes the impact of climate change on the stock returns of European companies and finds that carbon emissions have a negative effect on company performance, while a higher environmental rating has a positive impact on returns.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)