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 …

Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders' awareness, major challenges, and enablers

BC Guerra, F Leite - Resources, conservation and recycling, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Increasing environmental concerns and resource scarcity risks have drawn attention to a
Circular Economic (CE) model during the last decade. Nevertheless, literature related to the …

Global greenhouse gas emissions from residential and commercial building materials and mitigation strategies to 2060

X Zhong, M Hu, S Deetman, B Steubing, HX Lin… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Building stock growth around the world drives extensive material consumption and
environmental impacts. Future impacts will be dependent on the level and rate of …

Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass

E Elhacham, L Ben-Uri, J Grozovski, YM Bar-On, R Milo - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Humanity has become a dominant force in sha** the face of Earth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
An emerging question is how the overall material output of human activities compares to the …

Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation

F Creutzig, J Roy, P Devine-Wright, J Díaz-José… - 2022‏ - espace.curtin.edu.au
Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

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 …

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 …

Selective and rapid extraction of trace amount of gold from complex liquids with silver (I)-organic frameworks

J Luo, X Luo, M **e, HZ Li, H Duan, HG Zhou… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The design of adsorbents for rapid, selective extraction of ultra-trace amounts of gold from
complex liquids is desirable from both an environmental and economical point of view …

Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the cement industry via value chain mitigation strategies

SA Miller, G Habert, RJ Myers, JT Harvey - One Earth, 2021‏ - cell.com
Cement is used globally in construction materials for nearly all civil infrastructure systems
supporting improved quality of life, and there is currently no substitute that can meet its …

Towards circular and more sustainable buildings: A systematic literature review on the circular economy in the built environment

MR Munaro, SF Tavares, L Bragança - Journal of cleaner production, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The built environment exerts great pressure on natural resources. Its role in the transition to
a circular economy (CE) is critical. However, research from a holistic perspective, including …