This review explains the science behind the drive for global net zero emissions and why this
is needed to halt the ongoing rise in global temperatures. We document how the concept of …

In this article, we analyse the role that artificial intelligence (AI) could play, and is playing, to
combat global climate change. We identify two crucial opportunities that AI offers in this …

Facing increasingly severe climate change, countries and regions around the world are
actively promoting the electrification of the transportation sector and encouraging the use of …

Within the context of Earth's limited natural resources and assimilation capacity, the current
environmental footprint of humankind is not sustainable. Assessing land, water, energy …

Established assessment methods focusing on resource recovery from waste within a circular
economy context consider few or even a single domain/s of value, ie environmental …

Extraction of natural gas from shale rock in the United States (US) is one of the landmark
events in the 21st century. The combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing can …

Approximately half of the annual global energy supply is consumed in constructing,
operating, and maintaining buildings. Because most of this energy comes from fossil fuels, it …

Despite the emergence of regional climate policies, growth in global CO2 emissions has
remained strong. From 1990 to 2008 CO2 emissions in developed countries (defined as …

Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) has developed fast over the last three decades.
Whereas LCA developed from merely energy analysis to a comprehensive environmental …

Global greenhouse gas emissions need to reach net-zero around mid-century to limit global
warming to 1.5 C. This decarbonization challenge has, inter alia, increased the political and …