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Increased carbon footprint of materials production driven by rise in investments by Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…The production of materials is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions. To reduce emissions, policies aim to enhance material efficiency and the…”
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Do not be misled on the energy crisis by Hertwich, Edgar

“…False narratives cloud our understanding of Europe’s energy crisis and its relationship to climate change and climate policy. A clear-eyed understanding, based…”
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Assessing the life cycle environmental impacts of wind power: A review of present knowledge and research needs by Arvesen, Anders, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…We critically review present knowledge of the life cycle environmental impacts of wind power. We find that the current body of life cycle assessments (LCA) of…”
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Addressing Biogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydropower in LCA by Hertwich, Edgar G

“…The ability of hydropower to contribute to climate change mitigation is sometimes questioned, citing emissions of methane and carbon dioxide resulting from the…”
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Mapping the Carbon Footprint of Nations by Kanemoto, Keiichiro, Moran, Daniel, Hertwich, Edgar G

“…Life cycle thinking asks companies and consumers to take responsibility for emissions along their entire supply chain. As the world economy becomes more…”
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The growing importance of scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from industry by Hertwich, Edgar G, Wood, Richard

“…Carbon reporting is increasingly focussing on indirect emissions that occur in the supply chain of establishments. The GHG protocol, a corporate standard,…”
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Carbon fueling complex global value chains tripled in the period 1995–2012 by Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…Complex global value chains are those involving more than two countries and imply that a country imports products as capital goods or intermediate inputs to…”
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Life cycle assessment demonstrates environmental co-benefits and trade-offs of low-carbon electricity supply options by Gibon, Thomas, Arvesen, Anders, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…The targeted transition towards an electricity system with low or even negative greenhouse gas emissions affords a chance to address other environmental…”
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Carbon Footprint of Nations: A Global, Trade-Linked Analysis by Hertwich, Edgar G, Peters, Glen P

“…Processes causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions benefit humans by providing consumer goods and services. This benefit, and hence the responsibility for…”
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Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies by Luderer, Gunnar, Pehl, Michaja, Arvesen, Anders, Gibon, Thomas, Bodirsky, Benjamin L., de Boer, Harmen Sytze, Fricko, Oliver, Hejazi, Mohamad, Humpenöder, Florian, Iyer, Gokul, Mima, Silvana, Mouratiadou, Ioanna, Pietzcker, Robert C., Popp, Alexander, van den Berg, Maarten, van Vuuren, Detlef, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…A rapid and deep decarbonization of power supply worldwide is required to limit global warming to well below 2 °C. Beyond greenhouse gas emissions, the power…”
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Industrial ecology in integrated assessment models by Pauliuk, Stefan, Arvesen, Anders, Stadler, Konstantin, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…An in-depth review of five major integrated assessment models from an industrial ecology perspective reveals differences between the fields regarding the…”
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Decomposition Analysis of the Carbon Footprint of Primary Metals by Rasul, Kajwan, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…This study investigates how different technological and socioeconomic drivers have impacted the carbon footprint of primary metals. It analyzes the historical…”
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Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption by Ivanova, Diana, Stadler, Konstantin, Steen-Olsen, Kjartan, Wood, Richard, Vita, Gibran, Tukker, Arnold, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…Summary We analyze the environmental impact of household consumption in terms of the material, water, and land‐use requirements, as well as greenhouse gas…”
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The flow of embodied carbon through the economies of China, the European Union, and the United States by He, Kehan, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…[Display omitted] •Comprehensive accounting for global CO2 emissions flow and emission intensities in 49 regions and 200 sectors for 21 years.•Developed a…”
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Pricing indirect emissions accelerates low—carbon transition of US light vehicle sector by Wolfram, Paul, Weber, Stephanie, Gillingham, Kenneth, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…Large–scale electric vehicle adoption can greatly reduce emissions from vehicle tailpipes. However, analysts have cautioned that it can come with increased…”
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Global scenarios of resource and emission savings from material efficiency in residential buildings and cars by Pauliuk, Stefan, Heeren, Niko, Berrill, Peter, Fishman, Tomer, Nistad, Andrea, Tu, Qingshi, Wolfram, Paul, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry and…”
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Affluence drives the global displacement of land use by Weinzettel, Jan, Hertwich, Edgar G., Peters, Glen P., Steen-Olsen, Kjartan, Galli, Alessandro

“…Land use displacement in million global hectars per year. [Display omitted] ► In 2004, one fourth of global land use was for internationally traded products. ►…”
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Integrated life-cycle assessment of electricity-supply scenarios confirms global environmental benefit of low-carbon technologies by Hertwich, Edgar G., Gibon, Thomas, Bouman, Evert A., Arvesen, Anders, Suh, Sangwon, Heath, Garvin A., Bergesen, Joseph D., Ramirez, Andrea, Vega, Mabel I., Shi, Lei

“…Decarbonization of electricity generation can support climate-change mitigation and presents an opportunity to address pollution resulting from fossil-fuel…”
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Socioeconomic metabolism as paradigm for studying the biophysical basis of human societies by Pauliuk, Stefan, Hertwich, Edgar G.

“…A wide spectrum of quantitative systems approaches such as life cycle assessment or integrated assessment models are available to assess sustainable…”
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Mapping the carbon footprint of EU regions by Ivanova, Diana, Vita, Gibran, Steen-Olsen, Kjartan, Stadler, Konstantin, Melo, Patricia C, Wood, Richard, Hertwich, Edgar G

“…While the EU Commission has encouraged Member States to combine national and international climate change mitigation measures with subnational environmental…”
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