A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018

WF Lamb, T Wiedmann, J Pongratz… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part II: synthesizing the insights

H Haberl, D Wiedenhofer, D Virág, G Kalt… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Strategies toward ambitious climate targets usually rely on the concept of'decoupling'; that is,
they aim at promoting economic growth while reducing the use of natural resources and …

Growing environmental footprint of plastics driven by coal combustion

L Cabernard, S Pfister, C Oberschelp, S Hellweg - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
Research on the environmental impacts from the global value chain of plastics has typically
focused on the disposal phase, considered most harmful to the environment and human …

Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions

M Crippa, E Solazzo, D Guizzardi, F Monforti-Ferrario… - Nature food, 2021 - nature.com
We have developed a new global food emissions database (EDGAR-FOOD) estimating
greenhouse gas (GHG; CO 2, CH 4, N 2 O, fluorinated gases) emissions for the years 1990 …

[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 …

Implementing the material footprint to measure progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 12

M Lenzen, A Geschke, J West, J Fry, A Malik… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable development depends on decoupling economic growth from resource use. The
material footprint indicator accounts for environmental pressure related to a country's final …

Emissions Trends and Drivers (Chapter 2)

S Dhakal, JC Minx, F Toth, A Abdel-Aziz… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the last decade (2010–
2019) were higher than at any previous time in human history (high confidence). Since …

[HTML][HTML] The need to decelerate fast fashion in a hot climate-A global sustainability perspective on the garment industry

G Peters, M Li, M Lenzen - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Controversy exists regarding the scale of the impacts caused by fast fashion. This article
aims to provide a robust basis for discussion about the geography, the scale and the …

Decoupling for ecological sustainability: A categorisation and review of research literature

T Vadén, V Lähde, A Majava, P Järvensivu… - Environmental science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The idea of decoupling “environmental bads” from “economic goods” has been proposed as
a path towards sustainability by organizations such as the OECD and UN. Scientific …

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 …