[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: An international analysis of social provisioning

J Vogel, JK Steinberger, DW O'Neill, WF Lamb… - Global Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Meeting human needs at sustainable levels of energy use is fundamental for avoiding
catastrophic climate change and securing the well-being of all people. In the current political …

Social science perspectives on drivers of and responses to global climate change

AK Jorgenson, S Fiske, K Hubacek, J Li… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a review of recent anthropological, archeological, geographical, and
sociological research on anthropogenic drivers of climate change, with a particular focus on …

How does urbanization affect the carbon intensity of human well-being? A global assessment

S Wang, Z Xie, R Wu, K Feng - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
While scholars have widely discussed the relationship between urbanization, economic
development and environmental degradation, little is known about how urbanization affects …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetric relationship of urbanization and CO2 emissions in less developed countries

JA McGee, R York - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the
urbanization of national populations has been a key concern for environmental scholars for …

The role of domestic R&D activities played in carbon intensity: evidence from China

J Huang, B Luan, X Cai, H Zou - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Most of the existing empirical studies exploring the role of domestic research and
development (R&D) played in carbon intensity has confirmed that domestic R&D activities …

Gender inequality, reproductive justice, and decoupling economic growth and emissions: a panel analysis of the moderating association of gender equality on the …

JA McGee, PT Greiner, M Christensen… - Environmental …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding how carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) can be decoupled from economic
growth is an important part of planning for climate change mitigation. A variety of critical …

[HTML][HTML] Colonial contexts and the feasibility of mitigation through transition: A study of the impact of historical processes on the emissions dynamics of nation-states

PT Greiner - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
It has long been accepted that the relative affluence and technological efficiency of nations
are important contributors to their rate of emissions. These associations have, in turn, driven …

[HTML][HTML] Determining factors for slum growth with predictive data mining methods

J Friesen, L Rausch, PF Pelz, J Fürnkranz - Urban Science, 2018 - mdpi.com
Currently, more than half of the world's population lives in cities. Out of these more than four
billion people, almost one quarter live in slums or informal settlements. In order to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Does gender climate influence climate change? The multidimensionality of gender equality and its countervailing effects on the carbon intensity of well-being

C Ergas, PT Greiner, JA McGee, MT Clement - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB)(a ratio measuring the amount of CO2 emitted per
unit of life expectancy at birth) is an increasingly popular way to measure the ecological …

Measuring wellbeing performance of carbon emissions using hybrid measure and meta-frontier techniques: Empirical tests for G20 countries and implications for …

X Wang, Q Shao, J Nathwani, Q Zhou - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
A quantitative measure of performance that integrates national-level carbon emission
profiles with key parameters of social and economic wellbeing can provide an effective …