Decoupling between human development and energy consumption within footprint accounts

O Akizu-Gardoki, G Bueno, T Wiedmann… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Historically, the growth of energy consumption has fuelled human development, but this
approach is no longer socially and environmentally sustainable. Recent analyses suggest …

Is working less really good for the environment? A systematic review of the empirical evidence for resource use, greenhouse gas emissions and the ecological …

M Antal, B Plank, J Mokos… - Environmental Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Is reducing paid working time (WT) a potential win-win climate change mitigation strategy,
which may simultaneously serve environmental sustainability and human well-being? While …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options

D Ivanova, J Barrett, D Wiedenhofer… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Estimation of global final-stage energy-return-on-investment for fossil fuels with comparison to renewable energy sources

PE Brockway, A Owen, LI Brand-Correa, L Hardt - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Under many scenarios, fossil fuels are projected to remain the dominant energy source until
at least 2050. However, harder-to-reach fossil fuels require more energy to extract and …

Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century

C Dorninger, A Hornborg, DJ Abson… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecologically unequal exchange theory posits asymmetric net flows of biophysical resources
from poorer to richer countries. To date, empirical evidence to support this theoretical notion …

Developing countries' responsibilities for CO2 emissions in value chains are larger and growing faster than those of developed countries

B Meng, Y Liu, Y Gao, M Li, Z Wang, J Xue, R Andrew… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Carbon emissions associated with international trade are significant. The emergence of
complex global value chains (GVCs) in recent decades, in which a country can operate as …

[HTML][HTML] Social outcomes of energy use in the United Kingdom: Household energy footprints and their links to well-being

M Baltruszewicz, JK Steinberger, J Paavola… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
How energy relates to human need satisfaction, for whom, and with what wellbeing
outcomes has remained under-researched. We address this gap by investigating the …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying critical supply chains and final products: An input-output approach to exploring the energy-water-food nexus

A Owen, K Scott, J Barrett - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent advances in detailed multiregional input-output databases offers new opportunities
to use these environmental accounting tools to explore the interrelationships between …

Scarcity-weighted fossil fuel footprint of China at the provincial level

H Wang, G Wang, J Qi, H Schandl, Y Li, C Feng… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Supply risks and shortages of fossil fuels are major challenges to the sustainable
development of countries. In response to this challenge, the 12th main goal of the …

[HTML][HTML] Trajectory and drivers of China's consumption-based and production-based renewable energy consumption

R Li, Q Wang, X Han, X Yang - Energy Strategy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
China's renewable energy consumption was 6.37 EJ in 2018, making it the world's largest
renewable energy consumer. Exploring the economic and social driving factors behind the …