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Engineering, Environmental
Michele Stua, Colin Nolden, Michael Coulon
Summary: Recent times have seen more countries and private firms pledging carbon neutrality, but these pledges lack substance and structure. This paper proposes a governance innovation to overcome these issues by providing a unified yet customizable pathway towards carbon neutrality.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2022)
Article
Business
Henry M. Kim, Hjalmar Turesson, Marek Laskowski, Amir Fard Bahreini
Summary: This article synthesizes literature and industry writings to identify and analyze four hybrid blockchain architectures. It finds that hybrid blockchain ventures make trade-offs between supporting private and public networks and interoperability between different codebases. The case study of Insolar highlights characteristics that contribute to its success in blockchain development. Overall, the article provides timely insights for enterprises interested in addressing blockchain hybridity and interoperability.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Camilo Denis Gonzalez, Daniel Frias Mena, Alexi Masso Munoz, Omar Rojas, Guillermo Sosa-Gomez
Summary: The traditional electronic voting systems face problems of database manipulation and double voting. Permissionless blockchain technologies have solved some of these issues, but the classic consensus method affects efficiency and energy consumption. The use of permissioned blockchain and smart contracts improves efficiency, safeguards voting accuracy and anonymity.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruo-Shui Sun, Xiang Gao, Liang-Chun Deng, Can Wang
Summary: The Glasgow Climate Conference concluded with the adoption of the Glasgow Climate Pact, which strengthens global climate change governance based on the Paris Agreement. However, the system still has deficiencies, such as lack of timely information, transparency issues, hypothesis-based decision-making, and inadequate support for developing countries in terms of finance and technology.
ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Gaurav Ganti, Joeri Rogelj, Matthew J. Gidden
Summary: Research on pathway classification that comprehensively reflects the climate criteria set out in the Paris Agreement provides detailed explanations for achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and emphasizes the importance of pathway design consistent with the agreement.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Telecommunications
Nour El Madhoun, Julien Hatin, Emmanuel Bertin
Summary: Blockchain technology, with its smart-contracts capabilities, has garnered significant interest, however, its suitability in various application cases may vary. Therefore, the design of a decision tree is necessary to identify when blockchain is the appropriate technical infrastructure to use.
ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dirk-Jan van de Ven, Michael Westphal, Mikel Gonzalez-Eguino, Ajay Gambhir, Glen Peters, Ida Sognnaes, Haewon McJeon, Nathan Hultman, Kevin Kennedy, Tom Cyrs, Leon Clarke
Summary: The Paris Agreement aims to control the global temperature rise, and optimism grew in the latter half of 2020 with major emitters announcing net-zero targets and the U.S. rejoining the agreement with a 2050 net-zero goal. U.S. re-engagement in climate action could have a significant impact on the global scene, potentially triggering the world to achieve the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement through ambitious climate leadership by the Biden Administration and enhanced commitments by other major economies.
Article
Environmental Studies
Paul D. Zakkour, Wolfgang Heidug, Andrew Howard, R. Stuart Haszeldine, Myles R. Allen, David Hone
Summary: This article explores the opportunities presented by the Paris Agreement to move part of the climate change mitigation challenge upstream into supply-side climate policy. It proposes an alternative supply-side approach involving progressive actions by fossil fuel producers to reduce and eliminate the climate impacts of their products. The convergence of extraction and deposition rates is highlighted as a necessary condition for achieving net-zero CO2 emissions.
Review
Environmental Sciences
S. Sadai, R. A. Spector, R. DeConto, N. Gomez
Summary: Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are causing unprecedented changes to the climate, leading to irreversible impacts on island and coastal populations. This review article investigates the climate justice implications of temperature targets and sea level rise, highlighting the impact on island states and the role of AOSIS in UN climate negotiations. The study also discusses the dual impacts from Antarctic ice sheet melting and its implications for global temperature rise and sea level rise.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Lewis C. King, Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh
Summary: Carbon leakage refers to the phenomenon where emissions are transferred to certain countries due to stricter climate policies in others, potentially undermining the effectiveness of international climate agreements. The Paris Agreement has a greater potential for carbon leakage compared to the Kyoto Protocol, highlighting the need for enhanced policy coordination among countries to address this issue.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohammed Magdy Hamed, Mohamed Salem Nashwan, Tarmizi bin Ismail, Shamsuddin Shahid
Summary: The research findings suggest that Egypt may experience higher temperature increases in the future, particularly in the southern and southeastern regions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michel G. J. den Elzen, Ioannis Dafnomilis, Andries F. Hof, Marika Olsson, Arthur Beusen, W. J. Wouter Botzen, Takeshi Kuramochi, Leonardo Nascimento, Joeri Rogelj
Summary: Tracking progress towards the Paris Agreement climate goal requires understanding the emission levels implied by countries' NDCs. This study analyzes uncertainties and assumptions impacting emission projections. The findings suggest that uncertainties significantly affect global GHG emission projections, with historical emissions, socio-economic baseline, and policy uncertainty being important factors. This insight is important for decision makers and researchers as policy decisions can influence a larger share of the total uncertainty compared to previous analyses of NDC uncertainty.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Felix Ekardt, Marie Baerenwaldt
Summary: The German Constitutional Court's climate verdict has significant implications for liberal constitutional law, including EU and international law. The ruling recognizes human rights as globally applicable and applies the precautionary principle to protect these rights. However, it fails to address important violations of human rights and overlooks the implications of the Paris Agreement's carbon budget limit. Moreover, it highlights the need for reform in the EU emissions trading system to achieve greater climate protection.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anders Bjorn, Shannon Lloyd, Damon Matthews
Summary: While large companies have historically set greenhouse gas emissions targets, few have aligned these targets with global climate goals. The creation of the science based targets (SBTs) initiative in 2015 marked a shift towards this alignment, with over 500 companies now setting emission targets in line with the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. However, various methods used to set these targets, and combinations of methods, often result in an imbalance between corporate targets and global allowable emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Niheer Dasandi, Hilary Graham, Pete Lampard, Slava Jankin Mikhaylov
Summary: This study examined NDCs from 185 countries and found that countries not mentioning health were mainly clustered in high-income countries, while greater health engagement was seen in low-income and middle-income countries. Factors such as low GDP per capita and being a small island developing state were associated with higher levels of health engagement. The focus on health in NDCs follows broader patterns of global inequalities.
LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mirco Bundschuh, Marco Schletz, Willem Goedkoop
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2016)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Laura Franke, Marco Schletz, Soren Salomo
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Marco Schletz, Angel Hsu, Brendan Mapes, Martin Wainstein
Summary: This paper presents a nested climate accounting architecture that integrates innovative digital technologies and concepts to improve interoperability among different accounting systems, addressing issues such as information asymmetry and double-counting, while promoting capacity building and technology transfer.
FRONTIERS IN BLOCKCHAIN
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Marco Schletz, Ana Cardoso, Gabriela Prata Dias, Soren Salomo