The Rising Threat of Atmospheric CO2: A Review on the Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies

LJR Nunes - Environments, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere have become a major
environmental challenge due to their contribution to global warming. The primary drivers of …

Sustainable transition towards biomass-based cement industry: A review

RT Kusuma, RB Hiremath, P Rajesh, B Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cement manufacturing is a hard-to-abate industrial sector that accounts for 5–8% of global
anthropogenic emissions. Approximately 80–90% of these emissions occur during …

[HTML][HTML] Global emissions from cement production, 1928–2018

RM Andrew - Earth System Science Data, 2019 - essd.copernicus.org
Global production of cement has grown very rapidly in recent years, and, after fossil fuels
and land-use change, it is the third-largest source of anthropogenic emissions of carbon …

Global CO2 emissions from cement production

RM Andrew - Earth System Science Data, 2018 - essd.copernicus.org
The global production of cement has grown very rapidly in recent years, and after fossil fuels
and land-use change, it is the third-largest source of anthropogenic emissions of carbon …

Alternative pathways to the 1.5 C target reduce the need for negative emission technologies

DP Van Vuuren, E Stehfest, DEHJ Gernaat… - Nature climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Mitigation scenarios that achieve the ambitious targets included in the Paris Agreement
typically rely on greenhouse gas emission reductions combined with net carbon dioxide …

Influence of red mud on the engineering and microstructural properties of sustainable ultra-high performance concrete

P Yan, B Chen, MA Haque, T Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a new application of industrial solid waste red mud to use as a
cementitious material in the development of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) …

Strain hardening geopolymer composites with hybrid POM and UHMWPE fibers: Analysis of static mechanical properties, economic benefits, and environmental …

YQ Peng, DP Zheng, HS Pan, JL Yang, JX Lin… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
With unique ultra-high toughness, strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC) has
attracted considerable attention. However, environmental and economic concerns have …

Carbon footprint of construction industry: A global review and supply chain analysis

NC Onat, M Kucukvar - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper conducts a global review and a macro-level supply chain analysis focusing on
carbon footprint of construction industry worldwide for the period between 2009 and 2020 …

Global research on carbon emissions: A scientometric review

LH Udara Willhelm Abeydeera, J Wadu Mesthrige… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Greenhouse gases such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon dioxide have been
recognized as the prime cause of global climate change, which has received significant …

Is net-zero feasible: Systematic review of cement and concrete decarbonization technologies

ML Nehdi, A Marani, L Zhang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cement and concrete are hard-to-abate industrial sectors for decarbonization due to
growing demand driven by rapid urbanization, population growth, and the considerable …