Article
Environmental Studies
Alienor Jue Hammer, Charles Millar, Sebastian John Hennige
Summary: This article highlights the greenhouse gas emissions in the Scottish salmon aquaculture industry and calls for the development of comprehensive emissions reductions measures. Case studies of two aquaculture operators and comparison with data from the Carbon Disclosure Project reveal imbalances in mitigation strategies and identify potential routes for carbon emission reductions.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Patience Afi Seglah, Komikouma Apelike Wobuibe Neglo, Hongyan Wang, Dan Cudjoe, Francis Kemausuor, Chunyu Gao, Yuyun Bi, Yajing Wang
Summary: This paper assesses the greenhouse gas mitigation potential and economic impact of electricity generated from major food crop residues in Ghana. The results show that biomass-based electricity generation has the potential to contribute significantly to Ghana's renewable energy targets and climate change mitigation efforts.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lena Gurriaran, Katsumasa Tanaka, Safak Bayram, Yiannis Proestos, Jos Lelieveld, Philippe Ciais
Summary: Rising global temperatures in the Arabian Peninsula region have led to increased demand for air conditioning, resulting in higher electricity consumption and CO2 emissions. This study focuses on Qatar as a representative country to understand the impact of future regional warming on electricity demand and CO2 emissions. The findings indicate that temperature has a relatively small effect compared to socioeconomic factors, but warming alone could increase electricity demand by 5-35% and CO2 emissions by 20-35% by the end of the century.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Guillermo Filippone, Rocio Sancho, Sebastian Labella
Summary: ESNE evaluated its 2018/19 carbon footprint using the CarbonFeel methodology and found that by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources, GHG emissions could be reduced by 28% to 40%.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Francesco Pietro Colelli, Johannes Emmerling, Giacomo Marangoni, Malcolm N. Mistry, Enrica De Cian
Summary: This study reveals that climate adaptation can lead to higher energy demand, power system costs, and carbon prices, but the benefits of mitigation can offset decarbonization costs. Adaptation actions increase power generation capacity and costs, but in ambitious mitigation scenarios, energy system costs may be lower or even negative due to reduced adaptation needs.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Stephen P. Holland, Matthew J. Kotchen, Erin T. Mansur, Andrew J. Yates
Summary: This paper provides estimates of marginal CO2 emissions from US electricity generation using the most comprehensive data, showing that while average emissions have decreased, marginal emissions have increased due to a shift toward greater reliance on coal. The research also highlights that the increase in electric vehicles may be offset by the emissions from the electricity sector if not significantly transformed.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Laura Lakanen, Heli Kumpulainen, Olli Helppi, Kaisa Gronman, Risto Soukka
Summary: Cities play a crucial role in climate change mitigation, but there has been a lack of methodology to quantify the actual emission reduction potential of climate interventions implemented by cities. This study aims to create a framework to assess the positive climate impacts of cities and regions, and presents step-by-step guidance for calculations. A case study of the Finnish city of Espoo is used to further develop and test the regional handprint approach. The research finds that a city's carbon handprint can be determined through ownership, operating environment, and projects. The regional carbon handprint approach provides a useful tool to quantify and communicate the innovative climate actions implemented by a city.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Elias Soltani, Afshin Soltani, Majid Alimagham, Eskandar Zand
Summary: A modeling system was used to calculate the resource footprints in agricultural production systems in Iran, with the highest land footprint observed in pulses and oil grains. The lowest water footprint was found in silage corn, while the highest water footprints were observed in oil grains. The production of energy, fuel, electricity, and GHG emissions were higher in irrigated cropping systems compared to rainfed systems. Livestock and poultry products, especially red meat, had the highest ecological footprint among the products.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Cahit Guven, Haishan Yuan, Quanda Zhang, Vural Aksakalli
Summary: The study reveals that the effect of daylight saving time on electricity consumption depends strongly on weather conditions and cooling usage, with forward DST increasing electricity consumption when temperatures and air conditioner ownership are higher. Simulation results are provided for EU countries considering DST adoption in the upcoming year, with findings being policy-relevant due to rising temperatures and global increases in cooling usage during summer.
Review
Chemistry, Physical
David Mytton, Masao Ashtine
Summary: Data centers are integral to IT and are under increasing scrutiny for their energy consumption. However, existing literature provides a wide range of estimates with challenging calculations, making it hard to rely on subsequent estimates. This review analyzes data from 46 publications between 2007 and 2021 to assess the reliability of 258 data center energy estimates. The study reveals issues with source availability, data provenance, and methodologies, and makes recommendations for various stakeholders to improve the literature.
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Robert L. Wilby, Madeleine Orr, Duncan Depledge, Richard Giulianotti, George Havenith, Jamie A. Kenyon, Tom K. R. Matthews, Stephen A. Mears, Donald J. Mullan, Lee Taylor
Summary: This paper investigates the impacts of sport emissions on climate and identifies knowledge gaps. The research focuses on carbon emissions and their measurement, emissions control and decarbonization, carbon sinks and offsets, and behavior change in sports. The study highlights the need for more research in grassroots and women's sports, activities in Africa and South America, cricket, tennis, and volleyball. Other knowledge gaps include carbon accounting tools for smaller sports clubs and active participants, the co-benefits and tradeoffs between mitigation and adaptation efforts in sports, geopolitical influence, and the potential for climate change litigation.
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dimosthenis Karalis, Vasilis Kanakoudis
Summary: Global warming occurs when air pollutants, such as carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, collect in the atmosphere and trap heat by absorbing solar radiation. Measuring carbon footprint, or the total greenhouse gas emissions of a product/service throughout its life cycle, is a tool used by the international scientific community to gauge the impact of human activity on the environment. This paper presents a real case study on the carbon footprint of a wine making company in northern Greece, highlighting the significant contribution of Scope 3 emissions and the division of emissions between the vineyard and winery.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Corey Lesk, Denes Csala, Robin Hasse, Sgouris Sgouridis, Antoine Levesque, Katharine J. Mach, Daniel Horen Greenford, H. Damon Matthews, Radley M. Horton
Summary: The article discusses the need for a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate risks caused by climate change. The study estimates the CO2 emissions embedded in the broader climate transition using a set of models. The results suggest that while emissions from adaptation-related interventions are relatively low, emissions from deploying renewable energy capacity are much higher. The article emphasizes the importance of considering emissions from mitigation actions and highlights the potential for reducing emissions through ambitious energy decarbonization efforts.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Economics
Cagatay Bircan, Elisa Wirsching
Summary: Staying on daylight saving time permanently has a negligible overall impact on electricity consumption, but it has a significant effect on the distribution of consumption throughout the day. By adjusting the load shape, it reduces generation from dirtier fossil fuel plants and increases generation from cleaner renewable sources, resulting in reduced emissions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Michele De Rosa, Jannick Schmidt, Haskarlianus Pasang
Summary: Tropical peatland is a significant carbon store, but drainage of Asian peat soil has increased in the past 20 years to meet the demand for agricultural land. This study evaluates the life cycle of palm oil production in Hanau and Sungai Rungau facilities in Indonesia and quantifies the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and nature occupation achieved through measures such as reducing cultivated peat soil area and drainage depth. The results show that both facilities have lower emissions and less impact on nature occupation compared to non-certified palm oil.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)