Climate policy co-benefits: a review

M Karlsson, E Alfredsson, N Westling - Climate Policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Concern over mitigation costs impedes the adoption of the climate policies needed to
achieve agreed global warming targets. While costs are important to consider, so are …

Life Cycle Analysis with Multi-Criteria Decision Making: A review of approaches for the sustainability evaluation of renewable energy technologies

V Campos-Guzmán, MS García-Cáscales… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainability is a concept that integrates at least three dimensions: environmental,
economic and social. Energy systems are usually evaluated as a key contributor for …

Can renewable energy investment reduce carbon dioxide emissions? Evidence from scale and structure

Z Yang, M Zhang, L Liu, D Zhou - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Many countries have invested a lot in renewable energy to reach “carbon neutrality”.
However, whether renewable energy investment effectively reduces carbon dioxide …

Understanding environmental trade-offs and resource demand of direct air capture technologies through comparative life-cycle assessment

K Madhu, S Pauliuk, S Dhathri, F Creutzig - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Direct air capture (DAC) technologies remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from ambient air
through chemical sorbents. Their scale-up is a backstop in many climate policy scenarios …

A comparative life cycle assessment of silicon PV modules: Impact of module design, manufacturing location and inventory

A Müller, L Friedrich, C Reichel, S Herceg… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of single-crystalline silicon (sc-Si) photovoltaic (PV)
systems often disregard novel module designs (eg glass-glass modules) and the fast pace …

Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies

G Luderer, M Pehl, A Arvesen, T Gibon… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
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 sector is also …

Net emission reductions from electric cars and heat pumps in 59 world regions over time

F Knobloch, SV Hanssen, A Lam, H Pollitt, P Salas… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The electrification of passenger road transport and household heating features prominently
in current and planned policy frameworks to achieve greenhouse gas emissions reduction …

On the climate change mitigation potential of CO 2 conversion to fuels

JC Abanades, ES Rubin, M Mazzotti… - Energy & Environmental …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
CO2 capture and conversion to fuels using renewable energy is being promoted as a
climate change mitigation measure that reduces fossil fuel use by effectively recycling …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental sustainability of negative emissions technologies: A review

HK Jeswani, DM Saharudin, A Azapagic - Sustainable Production and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Negative emissions technologies (NETs) are expected to play a significant role in mitigating
climate change. However, there are also concerns that a large scale deployment of NETs …

REMIND2. 1: transformation and innovation dynamics of the energy-economic system within climate and sustainability limits

L Baumstark, N Bauer, F Benke… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
This paper presents the new and now open-source version 2.1 of the REgional Model of
INvestments and Development (REMIND). REMIND, as an integrated assessment model …