and paper production51. Favoring wood extraction for long-term use prior to land clearing would strongly reduce GHG emissions from rainforest conversion. Extensive cultivation forms, such as jungle rubber that allows growth of native vegetation within plantations, also limit C losses (Fig.1). Howev...
By 2050, the goal of the EU is to produce net zero-carbon emissions.2 However, the actual process of decarbonization depends on the unique economic and social contexts of each EU country. The Hungarian parliament recently passed a law declaring carbon neutrality a legally binding obligation3 ...
While grocers’ direct contribution to these emissions is relatively low, the grocery sector has a unique opportunity to become the driving force for decarbonization of the entire food system (see sidebar “Building a sustainable food system”). Moreover, decarbonization presents an ...
Based on the synchronous variations of both development and emissions, we hypothesize that some intrinsic links between cities and their carbon footprints could exist. Along with a decreasing increase in carbon emissions, some nations have almost finished urbanizing in the last few decades. With this...
(3-cap), resulting in a 90% emission reduction compared to hydrogen from SMR. Tightening the emission cap from 3-cap to 1-cap is associated with an average LCOH increment of 4%, facilitating a further 6% reduction in emissions. When the cap is further tightened, decreasing from 1- to ...
promote the global reduction of operational carbon through calls to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions released on an annual basis to zero or negative [1]. Other initiatives, such as the U.S.’s Carbon Leadership Forum, emphasize the importance of decreasing embodied carbon as well...
examples of these initiatives include the implementation of West to East natural gas transmission project and the West to East electricity transmission project.18In particular, the exports of emissions in Shanxi (454 Kt CO2e) and Inner Mongolia (304 Kt CO2e) were the dominant contributors for ...
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are one of many ubiquitous contaminants in our environment that have been associated with deleterious effects on human health in various ways, such as inhalation problems (puffiness), resulting in even more carcinogenic effects through long-term exposure (Fernando and Ho...
Tier 1 suppliers might be best positioned to encourage Tier 2 suppliers to reduce emissions, since their relationship as end customers may give them more leverage. While it may seem difficult for suppliers to cooperate along the value chain, examples of past collaborations exist. For instance, ...
It is important to understand that no policy framework is absolute or all-encompassing, and ETSs are not an exception. Notably, our study investigated the impact of ETSs on the relationship between economic development and carbon emissions, and we believe that the ETS framework can cater to bot...