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 …

The digital information age has changed global tourism in profound ways. Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) are pervasive, and they have become inextricably …

All humans contribute to climate change but not equally. Here I estimate the global
inequality of individual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 1990 and 2019 using a …

Abstract The Russia–Ukraine conflict has triggered an energy crisis that directly affected
household energy costs for heating, cooling and mobility and indirectly pushed up the costs …

Wealth and income are disproportionately distributed among the global population. This has
direct consequences on consumption patterns and consumption-based carbon footprints …

5° C scenarios reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) rely on
combinations of controversial negative emissions and unprecedented technological change …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

It is increasingly clear that averting ecological breakdown will require drastic changes to
contemporary human society and the global economy embedded within it. On the other …

Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

Background. Around two-thirds of global GHG emissions are directly and indirectly linked to
household consumption, with a global average of about 6 tCO 2 eq/cap. The average per …