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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Impact Assessment | Building Science and Techniques | Building | Building Construction Management and Project Planning | Environmental Management | Sustainable Agricultural Development | Crop and Pasture Nutrition | Sustainability Accounting and Reporting | Urban Analysis and Development |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmental Lifecycle Assessment | Consumption Patterns, Population Issues and the Environment | Sustainability Indicators | Management of Solid Waste from Plant Production | Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments | Environmentally Sustainable Construction not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design
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Publications
Prioritising SDG targets: assessing baselines, gaps and interlinkages
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-07-2019
Modelling Interactions Between Economic Activity, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Biodiversity and Agricultural Production
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 27-02-2013
Supply-side carbon accounting and mitigation analysis for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration in China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2019
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2019.07.014
Abstract: Cities play an important role in controlling climate change. Previous 'city-scale studies' have investigated consumption-based emission accounting for demand-side mitigation analysis. However, to date very few studies have presented income-based emissions accounting for supply-side mitigation strategies at the level of an urban agglomeration. To fill this gap, this research begins by accounting for the income-based carbon footprint of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration. The 14 cities that make up the BTH region were grouped into 4 types in order to analyse the emission patterns of each and to identify both labour-intensive and carbon-efficient sectors. The results from this analysis are presented in a number of heatmaps, which show emission patterns, labour-capital ratios and carbon efficiencies. The industry relocation among the 14 cities is then discussed with regards to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development Strategy. The results indicate that the service sector of Beijing, several mining sectors of resource-oriented cities and the electricity production for all of the cities are the most carbon-intensive sectors from an income-based perspective the labour-intensive sectors are typically carbon-efficient, and the combination of supply-side carbon emissions, carbon efficiency and labour-to-capital ratio helps identify the key sectors for providing policy-makers the direction of industrial adjustment and relocation.
Cost and embodied carbon reductions in cutter soil mix walls through fibre reinforcement
Publisher: Thomas Telford Ltd.
Date: 20-02-2017
Consumption-based material flow indicators - Comparing six ways of calculating the Austrian raw material consumption providing six results
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2016
National greenhouse-gas accounting for effective climate policy on international trade
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-03-2015
DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2555
Assessing the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of urban precincts with hybrid life cycle assessment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
Defining (Urban) Producer and Consumer Sinks Comments on Gross Direct and Embodied Carbon Sinks for Urban Inventories by Mohareb and Kennedy
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-2012
Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions accounting with capital stock change highlights dynamics of fast-developing countries
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-09-2018
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-018-05905-Y
Abstract: Traditional consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions accounting attributed the gap between consumption-based and production-based emissions to international trade. Yet few attempts have analyzed the temporal deviation between current emissions and future consumption, which can be explained through changes in capital stock. Here we develop a dynamic model to incorporate capital stock change in consumption-based accounting. The new model is applied using global data for 1995–2009. Our results show that global emissions embodied in consumption determined by the new model are smaller than those obtained from the traditional model. The emissions embodied in global capital stock increased steadily during the period. However, capital plays very different roles in shaping consumption-based emissions for economies with different development characteristics. As a result, the dynamic model yields similar consumption-based emissions estimation for many developed countries comparing with the traditional model, but it highlights the dynamics of fast-developing countries.
Mixed-unit hybrid life cycle assessment applied to the recycling of construction materials
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-06-2018
Integrating ecological and water footprint accounting in a multi-regional input–output framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2012
UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS FOR MULTI-REGION INPUT–OUTPUT MODELS – A CASE STUDY OF THE UK'S CARBON FOOTPRINT
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2010
Indicator-based assessments of progress towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs): a case study from the Arab region
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-05-2017
National pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A comparative review of scenario modelling tools
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2016
Assessing carbon footprints of cities under limited information
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2018
Enabling Full Supply Chain Corporate Responsibility: Scope 3 Emissions Targets for Ambitious Climate Change Mitigation
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 25-11-2020
Abstract: There is building consensus that nonstate actors have the potential to drive more ambitious action toward climate targets than governments, thus driving the necessary transition to ensure that humanity remains within a safe operating space. These bottom-up mitigation activities, however, require in idual targets on both direct and indirect (upstream) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to reconcile trade-offs between global and local sustainability goals. Here we use a scenario-driven approach based on a global multiregional input-output (GMRIO) model to develop scope 3 emission reduction targets for in idual economic sectors, comparable across countries and geographies. Under an ambitious carbon mitigation scenario for 2035 (that follows a trajectory of 1.75 °C total warming by 2100), global upstream scope 3 emission intensities need to be reduced by an additional 54% compared to a baseline scenario with reference technology. On a sectoral basis, this is equivalent to a 58-67% reduction in energy, transport, and materials, a 50-52% reduction in manufacturing, services, and buildings, and a 39% reduction in agriculture, forestry, and other land use. By aligning indirect supply chain targets with ambitious carbon mitigation scenarios, our approach can be used by nonstate actors to set actionable scope 3 targets and to build climate-compatible business models.
An Iterative Framework for National Scenario Modelling for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-01-2017
DOI: 10.1002/SD.1662
Urban-rural disparities of household energy requirements and influence factors in China: Classification tree models
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
Assessing the impact of buildings and construction across scales using the Australian Industrial Ecology Lab
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Targeting 1.5 degrees with the global carbon footprint of the Australian Capital Territory
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2023
Eutrophication’s neglected drivers
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-06-2018
Saving less in China facilitates global CO2 mitigation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-03-2020
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-020-15175-2
Abstract: Transforming China’s economic growth pattern from investment-driven to consumption-driven can significantly change global CO 2 emissions. This study is the first to analyse the impacts of changes in China’s saving rates on global CO 2 emissions both theoretically and empirically. Here, we show that the increase in the saving rates of Chinese regions has led to increments of global industrial CO 2 emissions by 189 million tonnes (Mt) during 2007–2012. A 15-percentage-point decrease in the saving rate of China can lower global CO 2 emissions by 186 Mt, or 0.7% of global industrial CO 2 emissions. Greener consumption in China can lead to a further 14% reduction in global industrial CO 2 emissions. In particular, decreasing the saving rate of Shandong has the most massive potential for global CO 2 reductions, while that of Inner Mongolia has adverse effects. Removing economic frictions to allow the production system to fit China’s increased consumption can facilitate global CO 2 mitigation.
Accelerating electric vehicle uptake: Modelling public policy options on prices and infrastructure
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2022
City footprints and SDGs provide untapped potential for assessing city sustainability
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-06-2021
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-021-23968-2
Abstract: Cities are recognised as central to determining the sustainability of human development. However, assessment concepts that are able to ascertain whether or not a city is sustainable are only just emerging. Here we review literature since the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were agreed in 2015 and identify three strands of scientific inquiry and practice in assessing city sustainability. We find that further integration is needed. SDG monitoring and assessment of cities should take advantage of both consumption-based (footprint) accounting and benchmarking against planetary boundaries and social thresholds in order to achieve greater relevance for designing sustainable cities and urban lifestyles.
Development of Low-Carbon Urban Forms—Concepts, Tools and Scenario Analysis
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2019
Planetary Boundaries for Forests and Their National Exceedance
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 25-10-2021
The CO2 'trade balance' between Scotland and the rest of the UK: Performing a multi-region environmental input-output analysis with limited data
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2008
General approaches for assessing urban environmental sustainability
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2012
A greenhouse gas footprint analysis of UK Central Government, 1990–2008
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2011
Hybrid life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from cement, concrete and geopolymer concrete in Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2017
Allocating ecological footprints to final consumption categories with input–output analysis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2006
Transnational city carbon footprint networks – Exploring carbon links between Australian and Chinese cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2016
The role of planetary boundaries in assessing absolute environmental sustainability across scales
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2021
Carbon footprints of cities and other human settlements in the UK
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 09-2013
The Global MRIO Lab – charting the world economy
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-04-2017
Consumption-based GHG emission accounting: a UK case study
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-06-2013
Transdisciplinary resource monitoring is essential to prioritize circular economy strategies in cities
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 18-01-2022
Global warming impact of suburbanization: The case of Sydney
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2018
The sharing economy and sustainability – assessing Airbnb’s direct, indirect and induced carbon footprint in Sydney
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 24-02-2020
On the decomposition of total impact multipliers in a supply and use framework
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-04-2017
Greater gains for Australia by tackling all SDGs but the last steps will be the most challenging
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-11-2019
International inequality of environmental pressures: Decomposition and comparative analysis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2016
Book Review: The sustainability practitioner's guide to input-output analysis edited by Joy Murray and Richard Wood
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2010
The material footprint of nations
Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Date: 03-09-2015
Abstract: This original research paper addresses a key issue in sustainability science: How many and which natural resources are needed to sustain modern economies? Simple as it may seem, this question is far from trivial to answer and has indeed not been addressed satisfactorily in the scholarly literature. We use the most comprehensive and most highly resolved economic input–output framework of the world economy together with a detailed database of global material flows to calculate the full material requirements of all countries covering a period of two decades. Called the “material footprint,” this indicator provides a consumption perspective of resource use and new insights into the actual resource productivity of nations.
Integrating Ecological, Carbon and Water footprint into a “Footprint Family” of indicators: Definition and role in tracking human pressure on the planet
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2012
Corrigendum: A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018 (2021 Environ. Res. Lett. 16 073005)
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 24-03-2022
Exploring the application of the Ecological Footprint to sustainable consumption policy
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2005
A flexible framework for assessing the sustainability of alternative water supply options
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Towards meaningful consumption-based planetary boundary indicators: The phosphorus exceedance footprint
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Urban carbon transformations: unravelling spatial and inter-sectoral linkages for key city industries based on multi-region input–output analysis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Review on City-Level Carbon Accounting
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 05-2019
Abstract: Carbon accounting results for the same city can differ due to differences in protocols, methods, and data sources. A critical review of these differences and the connection among them can help to bridge our knowledge between university-based researchers and protocol practitioners in accounting and taking further mitigation actions. The purpose of this study is to provide a review of published research and protocols related to city carbon accounting, paying attention to both their science and practical actions. To begin with, the most cited articles in this field are identified and analyzed by employing a citation network analysis to illustrate the development of city-level carbon accounting from three perspectives. We also reveal the relationship between research methods and accounting protocols. Furthermore, a timeline of relevant organizations, protocols, and projects is provided to demonstrate the applications of city carbon accounting in practice. The citation networks indicate that the field is dominated by pure-geographic production-based and community infrastructure-based accounting however, emerging models that combine economic system analysis from a consumption-based perspective are leading to new trends in the field. The emissions accounted for by various research methods consist essentially of the scope 1-3, as defined in accounting protocols. The latest accounting protocols include consumption-based accounting, but most cities still limit their accounting and reporting from pure-geographic production-based and community infrastructure-based perspectives. In conclusion, we argue that protocol practitioners require support in conducting carbon accounting, so as to explore the potential in mitigation and adaptation from a number of perspectives. This should also be a priority for future studies.
Estimating CO2 emissions for 108 000 European cities
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
Date: 23-02-2022
Abstract: Abstract. City-level CO2 emissions inventories are foundational for supporting the EU's decarbonization goals. Inventories are essential for priority setting and for estimating impacts from the decarbonization transition. Here we present a new CO2 emissions inventory for all 116 572 municipal and local-government units in Europe, containing 108 000 cities at the smallest scale used. The inventory spatially disaggregates the national reported emissions, using nine spatialization methods to distribute the 167 line items detailed in the National Inventory Reports (NIRs) using the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Common Reporting Framework (CRF). The novel contribution of this model is that results are provided per administrative jurisdiction at multiple administrative levels, following the region boundaries defined OpenStreetMap, using a new spatialization approach. All data from this study are available on Zenodo 0.5281/zenodo.5482480 (Moran, 2021) and via an interactive map at openghgmap.net (last access: 7 February 2022).
The impact of value engineering on embodied greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment: A hybrid life cycle assessment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2021
Electric Vehicle Uptake: Understanding the Print Media’s Role in Changing Attitudes and Perceptions
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 30-09-2021
DOI: 10.3390/WEVJ12040174
Abstract: Passenger motor vehicle transport is a significant and growing emissions source contributing to climate change. Switching from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles (EV) would significantly reduce most countries’ emissions, but for many consumers perceived barriers deter EV adoption. Consequently, government policies designed to incentivise a transition to EVs could benefit from consideration of the utility of communication channels such as print media for influencing consumer behaviour. This research explores the role that media and other communication channels writing about EVs play in consumer perceptions and awareness of government-initiated programs and policies to incentivise EV market transition. Using mixed methods of a media review and New Zealand car buyer surveys (questionnaires, interviews) (n = 893), we identified car buyers’ media use to update knowledge about cars, perceptions about EVs, and likelihood to buy, and tested awareness and popularity of incentives. We derive recommendations for policy improvements to accelerate EV uptake, including a significant role for the print media to disseminate relevant information, increase awareness of policies, and shift perceptions about EVs. We argue that social marketing programs should be enhanced to overcome lack of knowledge and misinformation, focusing on the market segment next most likely to buy EVs.
CARBON FOOTPRINT AND INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS - AN INTRODUCTION
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2009
Spatial consumption-based carbon footprint assessments - A review of recent developments in the field
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2020
Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 2: Review of input–output models for the assessment of environmental impacts embodied in trade
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2007
Computing life-cycle emissions from transitioning the electricity sector using a discrete numerical approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 1: A technical note on combining input–output and ecological footprint analysis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2007
Hybrid life cycle inventory methods – A review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2018
Lehrbuch zur Umweltchemie: Basic Concepts of Environmental Chemistry. Von D. W. Connell. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1997. 506 S., geb., 93- DM. ISBN 0-87371-998-0
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-1998
Integrated Carbon Metrics and Assessment for the Built Environment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Australian Diet—Comparing Dietary Recommendations with Average Intakes
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-01-2014
DOI: 10.3390/NU6010289
A multi-regional input-output analysis of direct and virtual urban water flows to reduce city water footprints in Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Implementing hybrid LCA routines in an input–output virtual laboratory
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2018
Quantifying carbon flows in Switzerland: top-down meets bottom-up modelling
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 2021
Abstract: Modelling frameworks that aim to support policymakers in deriving effective measures to reduce environmental impacts should provide both: quantitative information on locally occurring consumption patterns and production systems as well as assessment of policy scenario outcomes. Regionalised models that can deliver on these aims are emerging, but are currently limited in resolution or have other restrictions. An advanced model can be achieved by exploiting the advantages and overcoming the limitations of top-down and bottom-up approaches. In this article, we describe a highly detailed, spatially-resolved modelling framework that quantifies local activities and simultaneously analyses system-wide environmental and economic effects of planned interventions. We combined an existing, highly detailed bottom-up model for Switzerland (focusing on in idual households) with a macro-economic top-down approach by developing a new Swiss sub-national, multi-region input-output model. We conducted two case studies to demonstrate its abilities and to highlight its usefulness. First, production-based greenhouse gas emissions and consumption-based carbon footprints were computed for all Swiss cantons and regional differences, interdependencies as well as embodied carbon flows among regions were investigated. We find that rural cantons have higher production-based emissions per gross domestic product than more urban cantons because of different economic structures. In contrast, certain ‘city-cantons’ entail highest consumption carbon footprints per inhabitant due to high per-capita gross capital formation. Furthermore, this case study discusses the importance of providing regionalised information on effects of measures along the economic value chains. Second, a detailed scenario assuming a realistic lifestyle change for an actual household and a thorough physical retrofit of its home was set up. Regionalised environmental and economic consequences along the supply chains were evaluated. This case study exemplifies how the modelling framework can be used to inform policymakers about expected benefits and downsides of detailed scenarios and emphasises the importance of considering rebound effects.
Exploring consumption-based planetary boundary indicators: An absolute water footprinting assessment of Chinese provinces and cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2020
Influence of the substitution pattern on the microbial degradation of mono- to tetrachlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-1997
Towards an Automated Approach for Compiling Hybrid Life Cycle Inventories
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Modeling the carbon budget of the Australian electricity Sector's transition to renewable energy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2018
Application of Hybrid Life Cycle Approaches to Emerging Energy Technologies – The Case of Wind Power in the UK
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 08-06-2011
DOI: 10.1021/ES2007287
Abstract: Future energy technologies will be key for a successful reduction of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. With demand for electricity projected to increase significantly in the future, climate policy goals of limiting the effects of global atmospheric warming can only be achieved if power generation processes are profoundly decarbonized. Energy models, however, have ignored the fact that upstream emissions are associated with any energy technology. In this work we explore methodological options for hybrid life cycle assessment (hybrid LCA) to account for the indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of energy technologies using wind power generation in the UK as a case study. We develop and compare two different approaches using a multiregion input-output modeling framework - Input-Output-based Hybrid LCA and Integrated Hybrid LCA. The latter utilizes the full-sized Ecoinvent process database. We discuss significance and reliability of the results and suggest ways to improve the accuracy of the calculations. The comparison of hybrid LCA methodologies provides valuable insight into the availability and robustness of approaches for informing energy and environmental policy.
A review of the water-related energy consumption of the food system in nexus studies
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Increasing Electric Vehicle Uptake by Updating Public Policies to Shift Attitudes and Perceptions: Case Study of New Zealand
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-05-2021
DOI: 10.3390/EN14102920
Abstract: Actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are required from all actors. Adopting plug-in electric vehicles (EV) would reduce light motor vehicle travel emissions, a significant and rising emissions source. To encourage EV uptake, many governments have implemented policies which may be less effective than desired. Using New Zealand as a case study, we surveyed private motorists. The results show that consumers are heterogeneous, with varying car-buying motivations, perceptions, attitudes to EVs and awareness of policies. Uniquely, we segmented motorists into four attitudinal groups to ascertain characteristics potentially affecting EV readiness to provide evidence to improve policies and aid social marketing. Our results show the next-most-ready to buy EVs are early mainstream consumers—designated the EV Positives—who were most concerned about vehicle range, perceptions of EV expense, charging-related inconvenience and the unknown value proposition of batteries, and were relatively unaware of incentives compared to EV Owners. The EV Positives favored incentives designed to effect purchase price reductions and increase nation-wide fast-charger deployment. To increase awareness of EVs and shift perceptions of EV expense and inconvenience, we suggest policies that potentially increase EV adoption rates and suggest reframing the language to appeal to EV Positives through information programs. Increasing EV procurement by organizations could increase opportunities for positive information dissemination via employees.
Case studies of the economic, environmental, and social impacts of direct potable reuse
Publisher: Water Environment Federation
Date: 2016
Replacement Scenarios for Construction Materials Based on Economy-wide Hybrid LCA
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
A Fully Decentralized Hierarchical Transactive Energy Framework for Charging EVs With Local DERs in Power Distribution Systems
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 09-2022
Quo Vadis MRIO? Methodological, data and institutional requirements for multi-region input–output analysis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2011
Humanity’s unsustainable environmental footprint
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 06-06-2014
Abstract: Within the context of Earth’s limited natural resources and assimilation capacity, the current environmental footprint of humankind is not sustainable. Assessing land, water, energy, material, and other footprints along supply chains is paramount in understanding the sustainability, efficiency, and equity of resource use from the perspective of producers, consumers, and government. We review current footprints and relate those to maximum sustainable levels, highlighting the need for future work on combining footprints, assessing trade-offs between them, improving computational techniques, estimating maximum sustainable footprint levels, and benchmarking efficiency of resource use. Ultimately, major transformative changes in the global economy are necessary to reduce humanity’s environmental footprint to sustainable levels.
Erratum to “International inequality of environmental pressures: Decomposition and comparative analysis” [Ecol. Indic. 62 (2016) 163–173]
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2016
The role of electric vehicles in decarbonising Australia’s road transport sector: modelling ambitious scenarios
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2022
Compiling and using input-output frameworks through collaborative virtual laboratories
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2014.03.062
Abstract: Compiling, deploying and utilising large-scale databases that integrate environmental and economic data have traditionally been labour- and cost-intensive processes, hindered by the large amount of disparate and misaligned data that must be collected and harmonised. The Australian Industrial Ecology Virtual Laboratory (IELab) is a novel, collaborative approach to compiling large-scale environmentally extended multi-region input-output (MRIO) models. The utility of the IELab product is greatly enhanced by avoiding the need to lock in an MRIO structure at the time the MRIO system is developed. The IELab advances the idea of the "mother-daughter" construction principle, whereby a regionally and sectorally very detailed "mother" table is set up, from which "daughter" tables are derived to suit specific research questions. By introducing a third tier - the "root classification" - IELab users are able to define their own mother-MRIO configuration, at no additional cost in terms of data handling. Customised mother-MRIOs can then be built, which maximise disaggregation in aspects that are useful to a family of research questions. The second innovation in the IELab system is to provide a highly automated collaborative research platform in a cloud-computing environment, greatly expediting workflows and making these computational benefits accessible to all users. Combining these two aspects realises many benefits. The collaborative nature of the IELab development project allows significant savings in resources. Timely deployment is possible by coupling automation procedures with the comprehensive input from multiple teams. User-defined MRIO tables, coupled with high performance computing, mean that MRIO analysis will be useful and accessible for a great many more research applications than would otherwise be possible. By ensuring that a common set of analytical tools such as for hybrid life-cycle assessment is adopted, the IELab will facilitate the harmonisation of fragmented, dispersed and misaligned raw data for the benefit of all interested parties.
Chapter 12: Shortcomings of a growth-driven food system
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 30-06-2017
A two-stage clustering approach to investigate lifestyle carbon footprints in two Australian cities
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 10-2020
Abstract: Given the key role of households in driving global emissions and resource use, a change in their consumption behaviours towards more sustainable levels is essential to reduce worldwide adverse environmental impacts. Thereby, focusing on cities is especially important because of today’s large share of the global population living in cities and because local authorities are close to the needs of their residents. However, devising targeted and effective policy measures implies a thorough understanding of prevailing consumption patterns and associated environmental consequences. The goal of this article is to investigate and compare household behaviours and lifestyle-induced carbon footprints in Sydney and Melbourne in order to enhance today’s understanding of household consumption in cities of a high-income, high-emission country. For this purpose, we employed a two-stage clustering approach with a Self-Organising Map and a subsequent Ward-clustering. This allowed for including expenditure data along with socio-economic attributes and thus for recognising lifestyle-archetypes. These emerging archetypes represent households with similar characteristics and comparable consumption patterns. Analysing the archetypes in detail and performing a city-comparison based on multi-dimensional scaling revealed similarities and dissimilarities between the two metropoles. ‘Older’ archetypes seem to behave more alike across cities but show different carbon footprints emphasising the importance of regionalised environmental assessments and of city-specific supply chains. Distinct patterns especially emerged in the high- and low-income segments highlighting the different importance of different lifestyles in each city. Socio-economically similar family-archetypes were found in both cities, but some of them showed erging consumption behaviours. This article showed that studying household-induced environmental impacts in cities should not rely on macro-trends but should rather be based on city-specific analyses that capture local peculiarities and consider socio-economic characteristics and consumption data simultaneously.
Environmental implications of urbanization and lifestyle change in China: Ecological and Water Footprints
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2009
Three‐scope carbon emission inventories of global cities
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 16-09-2020
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.13063
Abstract: A major challenge for cities taking action on climate change is assessing and managing the contribution of urban consumption which triggers greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions outside city boundaries. Using a novel method of creating city‐level input–output tables, we present the first consistent, large‐scale, and global assessment of three‐scope GHG inventories for 79 members of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. These inventories cover the emissions from sources located within city boundaries (Scope 1), emissions occurring as a consequence of the use of grid‐supplied electricity, heat, steam, and/or cooling (Scope 2), and all other GHG emissions that occur outside the city boundary as a result of activities taking place within the city (Scope 3). We find that, by only accounting for territorial emissions, without Scope 3, the 79 C40 cities under‐report 4% of global annual GHG emissions from six key infrastructure‐related transboundary sources (73%) and from service‐related sectors (27%). In contrast, when only accounting for consumption‐based emissions, the C40 cities would miss the mitigation target on 41% of their territorial emissions. We argue that cities should complement their GHG inventories, adding full Scope 3 to Scopes 1 and 2, and develop low‐carbon consumption strategies in addition to current infrastructure‐focused action on climate change.
POLICY-RELEVANT APPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY EXTENDED MRIO DATABASES – EXPERIENCES FROM THE UK
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2013
What can we learn from consumption-based carbon footprints at different spatial scales? Review of policy implications
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 20-08-2019
Abstract: Background : Current climate change mitigation policies, including the Paris Agreement, are based on territorial greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. This neglects the understanding of GHG emissions embodied in trade. As a solution, consumption-based accounting (CBA) that reveals the lifecycle emissions, including transboundary flows, is gaining support as a complementary information tool. CBA is particularly relevant in cities that tend to outsource a large part of their production-based emissions to their hinterlands. While CBA has so far been used relatively little in practical policymaking, it has been used widely by scientists. Methods and design : The purpose of this systematic review, which covers more than 100 studies, is to reflect the policy implications of consumption-based carbon footprint (CBCF) studies at different spatial scales. The review was conducted by reading through the discussion sections of the reviewed studies and systematically collecting the given policy suggestions for different spatial scales. We used both numerical and qualitative methods to organize and interpret the findings of the review. Review results and discussion : The motivation for the review was to investigate whether the unique consumption perspective of CBA leads to similarly unique policy features. We found that various carbon pricing policies are the most widely supported policy instrument in the relevant literature. However, overall, there is a shortage of discussion on policy instruments, since the policy discussions focus on policy outcomes, such as behavioral change or technological solutions. In addition, some policy recommendations are conflicting. Particularly, urban density and compact city policies are supported by some studies and questioned by others. To clarify the issue, we examined how the results regarding the relationship between urban development and the CBCF vary. The review provides a concise starting point for policymakers and future research by summarizing the timely policy implications.
Benchmarking urban performance against absolute measures of sustainability – A review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Hidden Energy Flow indicator to reflect the outsourced energy requirements of countries
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
Alles zu PVC: PVC und Umwelt. Eine Bestandsaufnahme. Von H. Pohle. Springer, Heidelberg, 1997. 222 S., geb., 98,- DM. ISBN 3-540-61705-1
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-1998
Advancements in Input‐Output Models and Indicators for Consumption‐Based Accounting
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 22-05-2018
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.12771
Quantification of chlorinated naphthalenes with GC-MS using the molar response of electron impact ionization
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 1993
DOI: 10.1007/BF00321293
Global supply chains hotspots of a wind energy company
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2019
Discovery of a possible Well-being Turning Point within energy footprint accounts which may support the degrowth theory
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
CO2 emission clusters within global supply chain networks: Implications for climate change mitigation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2015
Priorities for science to support national implementation of the sustainable development goals: A review of progress and gaps
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-01-2021
DOI: 10.1002/SD.2164
Abstract: The sustainable development goals (SDGs) provide a framework of goals, targets, and indicators designed to guide national implementation of sustainable development to 2030. Several aspects of the framework are challenging, including its complex and integrated scope and transformational character. A range of approaches developed in the sustainability sciences can assist countries to address these challenges. In this paper, we evaluate recent scientific literature as well as national practice relating to the use of science‐based approaches to support and enable national SDG implementation. The review encompasses articles from the peer‐reviewed and grey scientific literature, identifying 22 science‐based approaches developed and recommended by experts to support national implementation. We then review and evaluate recent practice and experience of 56 countries in implementing the SDGs and the extent to which these approaches are evident in Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). Overall, we find some cross‐fertilization in the science‐policy interface of national SDG implementation, particularly in monitoring and evaluation. While scientific methods for evaluating interlinkages between the SDGs and understanding national transformations have advanced considerably in recent years, they are yet to become a feature of the VNRs reviewed. There is evidence that demand for these approaches is increasing, and it will be critical that researchers understand the needs of policy makers and other stakeholders and design tools that provide practical and actionable evidence that assist countries to understand, quantify, and implement the transformations needed to achieve the SDGs over the coming decade.
Environmental and social footprints of international trade
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-04-2018
Decoupling global environmental pressure and economic growth: scenarios for energy use, materials use and carbon emissions
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2012
Decoupling between human development and energy consumption within footprint accounts
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2018
City carbon footprint networks
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 29-07-2016
DOI: 10.3390/EN9080602
Companies on the Scale
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2009
The Carbon Footprint of Australia's Construction Sector
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Corrigendum to “Consumption-based material flow indicators — Comparing six ways of calculating the Austrian raw material consumption providing six results” [Ecol. Econ., 128, August 2016, pages 177–18
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2016
Assessing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Built Environment
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Date: 2019
Global socio-economic losses and environmental gains from the Coronavirus pandemic
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 09-07-2020
A first empirical comparison of energy Footprints embodied in trade - MRIO versus PLUM
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2009
A research agenda for improving national Ecological Footprint accounts
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2009
World scientists’ warning: The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-2023
An input–output virtual laboratory in practice – survey of uptake, usage and applications of the first operational IELab
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-02-2017
A CARBON FOOTPRINT TIME SERIES OF THE UK – RESULTS FROM A MULTI-REGION INPUT–OUTPUT MODEL
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2010
Modelling six sustainable development transformations and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 16-01-2023
Implementing the material footprint to measure progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 12
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-12-2021
Shared producer and consumer responsibility — Theory and practice
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2007
New multi-regional input–output databases for Australia – enabling timely and flexible regional analysis
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-04-2017
Decomposition of integrated hybrid life cycle inventories by origin and final-stage inputs
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-06-2018
Carbon Footprint Scenarios for Renewable Electricity in Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2016
The capital load of global material footprints
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2020
Making Sense of the Minefield of Footprint Indicators
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 12-02-2015
Initial progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a review of evidence from countries
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-05-2018
Opportunities and barriers to net-zero cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2022
Modern slavery footprints in global supply chains
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-07-2021
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.13169
Abstract: Slavery is more prevalent today than at any point in human history. Society's heightened scrutiny and new government policy is forcing businesses and nations to act in lieu of reputational, financial, and legal repercussions. However, slavery hides within complex supply chains, making it difficult to identify instances of human exploitation. This study takes a consumption perspective by investigating the potential of footprinting in exposing modern slavery impacts embodied in upstream supply chains. A multi‐regional input–output analysis extended with a slavery satellite account enables footprints of direct and indirect incidents of modern slavery to be quantified. The footprints reveal a displacement of slavery from developed to developing nations through the global supply chains of production. Accountability for enslavement significantly increases for countries and regions like North America, Western Europe, Australia, and Japan due to a high dependence on imports with embodied human exploitation. The results expose hotspot sectors, including construction, trade, and agriculture. These footprints go beyond current estimates of slavery in supply chains, revealing hidden impacts and the true risk, which may enable more effective action into improving global social sustainability and support companies to responsibly manage their supply chains.
A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 29-06-2021
Abstract: Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be traced to five economic sectors: energy, industry, buildings, transport and AFOLU (agriculture, forestry and other land uses). In this topical review, we synthesise the literature to explain recent trends in global and regional emissions in each of these sectors. To contextualise our review, we present estimates of GHG emissions trends by sector from 1990 to 2018, describing the major sources of emissions growth, stability and decline across ten global regions. Overall, the literature and data emphasise that progress towards reducing GHG emissions has been limited. The prominent global pattern is a continuation of underlying drivers with few signs of emerging limits to demand, nor of a deep shift towards the delivery of low and zero carbon services across sectors. We observe a moderate decarbonisation of energy systems in Europe and North America, driven by fuel switching and the increasing penetration of renewables. By contrast, in rapidly industrialising regions, fossil-based energy systems have continuously expanded, only very recently slowing down in their growth. Strong demand for materials, floor area, energy services and travel have driven emissions growth in the industry, buildings and transport sectors, particularly in Eastern Asia, Southern Asia and South-East Asia. An expansion of agriculture into carbon-dense tropical forest areas has driven recent increases in AFOLU emissions in Latin America, South-East Asia and Africa. Identifying, understanding, and tackling the most persistent and climate-damaging trends across sectors is a fundamental concern for research and policy as humanity treads deeper into the Anthropocene.
Scientists’ warning on affluence
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-06-2020
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-020-16941-Y
Abstract: For over half a century, worldwide growth in affluence has continuously increased resource use and pollutant emissions far more rapidly than these have been reduced through better technology. The affluent citizens of the world are responsible for most environmental impacts and are central to any future prospect of retreating to safer environmental conditions. We summarise the evidence and present possible solution approaches. Any transition towards sustainability can only be effective if far-reaching lifestyle changes complement technological advancements. However, existing societies, economies and cultures incite consumption expansion and the structural imperative for growth in competitive market economies inhibits necessary societal change.
Creating multi‐scale nested MRIO tables for linking localized impacts to global consumption drivers
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-06-2021
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.13165
Abstract: Industrial Ecology Virtual Laboratories (IELabs) enable the construction of national‐to‐local‐scale multi‐regional input–output (MRIO) models. These IELabs have been proven to be especially important for analyzing research questions that warrant sub‐national spatial detail. The field of industrial ecology has clearly progressed from the time of national‐only input–output tables. Here, we present a newly developed tool called NLab—“nested IELab”—that nests sub‐national MRIO tables within global country‐scale MRIOs. This capability allows for the investigation of interactions between sub‐national production and consumption systems, with global systems interlinked via international trade. We provide a technical and mathematical roadmap for construction of nested input–output tables in the NLab, and demonstrate this capability through a real‐world assessment of the Western Australian wine industry. Our results suggest that nested MRIO tables provide an added layer of detail at a regional level, when undertaking consumption‐based footprint assessments, leading to improved assessment of quantification of regional impacts. The NLab presented in this work provides tools for analysis of complex trade linkages between industries at various scales, which has the further potential to open avenues for policy‐makers to analyze the implications of local decisions at a global level, and vice versa.
A review of recent multi-region input-output models used for consumption-based emission and resource accounting
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2009
Carbon emissions embodied in China–Australia trade: A scenario analysis based on input–output analysis and panel regression models
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
A STRUCTURAL DECOMPOSITION APPROACH TO COMPARING MRIO DATABASES
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2014
Modelling national transformations to achieve the SDGs within planetary boundaries in small island developing States
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1017/SUS.2021.13
Abstract: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide an integrated and ambitious roadmap for sustainable development by 2030. National implementation will be crucial and there is an urgent need to understand the scale and pace of transformations to achieve the goals. There is also concern that achieving socio-economic objectives will undermine longer-term environmental sustainability. This study uses modelling to explore how different policy and investment settings can enable the necessary transformations, adopting Fiji as a use-case. Modest investment over the coming decade can deliver improved performance. However, far more ambitious actions are needed to accelerate progress while managing long-term trade-offs with environmental objectives. This paper presents the results from a national scenario modelling study for Fiji with broader relevance for other countries seeking to achieve the SDGs. We develop and simulate a business-as-usual and six alternative future scenarios using the integrated ( iSDG-Fiji ) system dynamics model and evaluate their performance on the SDGs in 2030 and global planetary boundaries (PBs) and the ‘safe and just space’ (SJS) framework in 2050. Modest investment over the coming decade through a ‘sustainability transition’ scenario accelerates SDG progress from 40% to 70% by 2030 but fails to meet all SJS thresholds. Greatly scaling up investment and ambition through an SDG transformation scenario highlights possibilities for Fiji to accelerate progress to 83% by 2030 while improving SJS performance. The scale of investment is highly ambitious and could not be delivered without scaled-up international support, but despite this investment progress still falls short. The analysis highlights where key trade-offs remain as well as options to address these, however closing the gap to 100% achievement will prove very challenging. The approach and findings are relevant to other countries with similar characteristics to increase the understanding of the transformations needed to achieve the SDGs within PBs in different country contexts. How can countries accelerate progress on the SDGs by 2030 while ensuring longer-term coherence with climate and sustainability thresholds?
A Review of the Ecological Footprint Indicator—Perceptions and Methods
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 07-06-2010
DOI: 10.3390/SU2061645
Modelling ambitious climate mitigation pathways for Australia's built environment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2022
Identification of ‘Carbon Hot-Spots’ and Quantification of GHG Intensities in the Biodiesel Supply Chain Using Hybrid LCA and Structural Path Analysis
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 14-02-2011
DOI: 10.1021/ES103410Q
Abstract: It is expected that biodiesel production in the EU will remain the dominant contributor as part of a 10% minimum binding target for biofuel in transportation fuel by 2020 within the 20% renewable energy target in the overall EU energy mix. Life cycle assessments (LCA) of biodiesel to evaluate its environmental impacts have, however, remained questionable, mainly because of the adoption of a traditional process analysis approach resulting in system boundary truncation and because of issues regarding the impacts of land use change and N(2)O emissions from fertilizer application. In this study, a hybrid LCA methodology is used to evaluate the life cycle CO(2) equivalent emissions of rape methyl ester (RME) biodiesel. The methodology uses input-output analysis to estimate upstream indirect emissions in order to complement traditional process LCA in a hybrid framework. It was estimated that traditional LCA accounted for 2.7 kg CO(2)-eq per kg of RME or 36.6% of total life cycle emissions of the RME supply chin. Further to the inclusion of upstream indirect impacts in the LCA system (which accounted for 23% of the total life cycle emissions), emissions due to direct land use change (6%) and indirect land use change (16.5%) and N(2)O emissions from fertilizer applications (17.9%) were also calculated. Structural path analysis is used to decompose upstream indirect emissions paths of the biodiesel supply chain in order to identify, quantify, and rank high carbon emissions paths or 'hot-spots' in the biodiesel supply chain. It was shown, for instance, that inputs from the 'Other Chemical Products' sector (identified as phosphoric acid, H(3)PO(4)) into the biodiesel production process represented the highest carbon emission path (or hot-spot) with 5.35% of total upstream indirect emissions of the RME biodiesel supply chain.
The Concept of City Carbon Maps: A Case Study of Melbourne, Australia
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-10-2015
DOI: 10.1111/JIEC.12346
Implications of Trends in Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI) for Transitioning to Renewable Electricity
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2020
Bridging planetary boundaries and spatial heterogeneity in a hybrid approach: A focus on Chinese provinces and industries
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2009
The footprint of using metals: new metrics of consumption and productivity
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-06-2015
Comment on Corporate Carbon Performance Indicators Revisited
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 18-01-2011
The Environmental Impacts of Consumption at a Subnational Level
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-2006
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