A5005142229- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Water resources management and optimization
- Water Resources and Sustainability
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
ETH Zurich
2020-2022
Lund University
2017-2020
Stockholm School of Economics
2017
In a world where climate goals are global but action remains firmly in the hands of states, reliable methods needed to ensure that emissions reductions on national level not offset by carbon leakage. Appropriate indicators help policy makers set accurate targets for balance their foreign trade and monitor development meaningful way. This paper proposes new displacement indicator – technology adjusted embodied improves existing ideas separating out effects scale composition from different...
This study investigates the growth in global renewable energy use between 2000 and 2014. To identify its main contributors their geographical distribution, a structural decomposition analysis is applied to multi-regional input-output tables. A new variant of this type developed that introduces transition (i.e. substitution non-renewable by energy) as one contributors. Global rose 22.1 Exa Joules (EJ), from 57.8 EJ 79.9 The contribution at level increase was small positive (+1.3 EJ). As for...
Increasing global production fragmentation allows for outsourcing of emissions, which may undermine national climate policies. Researchers focusing on the gap between consumption-based and production-based emissions have concluded that developed countries are systematically to developing countries. However, asymmetries in embodied trade emerge due differences carbon intensity energy different countries, need not be evidence outsourcing. This study investigates if previous results concerning...
Chemicals is the industrial sector with highest energy demand, using a substantial share of global fossil and emitting increasing amounts greenhouse gasses following rapid growth over past 25 years. Emissions associated used have increased in coal dependent regions but are also commonly underestimated higher shares renewable energy. Renewable key to reducing gas emissions yet remains niche when considering corporate targets initiatives aiming at emission reductions, which instead favour...
Ensure open markets for clean technologies and products.
Previous research suggests that there is an inverted U-shape curve for energy intensity in the long-run Western Europe with a peak early 20th century. This paper tests hypothesis increase of German and British was effect from concentration heavy industrial production to these countries, although consumption significant share goods took place elsewhere. We use entirely new database we have constructed (TEG: Trade, Energy, Growth) test whether countries exported more energy-demanding than they...
Abstract Biodiversity loss, driven by human activities, significantly affects the environment, societies, and economies. Using extended multi‐regional input–output (EEMRIO) life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques, we offer insights into how these methodologies can be used to inform financial decisions related biodiversity focusing on two key aspects: impacts ecosystem service dependencies. Our method combines spatially explicit characterization factors from LC‐IMPACT with Global Resource...
Low-carbon technologies are needed to mitigate the impacts of climate change but require large amounts metals, whose mining and processing cause a broad range other environmental impacts. These sound assessment prevent burden-shifting. One approach for that is Planetary Boundary framework which acts as guidance system maintaining stability Earth. This still under development has so far only been applied in few several sectors, not including metal sector. The challenges sectors unique,...
Abstract Although climate change and international trade are interdependent, policy-makers often address the two topics separately. This may inhibit progress at intersection of could present a serious constraint for global action. One key risk is carbon leakage through emission outsourcing, i.e. reductions in emissions countries with rigorous policies being offset by increased less stringent policies. We first analyze Paris Agreement’s nationally determined contributions (NDC) investigate...
This study utilizes recently published environmental extensions to the World Input–Output Database (WIOD) compare production-based, consumption-based and technology-adjusted carbon emissions for 44 countries country groups period 2000 2014. Results show some significant shifts in global emission trends compared similar studies of before 2009. For 20 European Union (EU) US, decreased over regardless measure, same was true EU. Since GDP grew 18 these countries, results provide unambiguous...
Abstract Many studies have attempted to evaluate the transgression of water planetary boundary at sub-global levels. Typically, this has been done by assessing consumption in a country/city or sector against assigned share global limit. Such an approach enables evaluating whether unit operates within safe limits. However, it ignores spatial availability and thus may provide incomplete image water-related environmental impacts local boundaries. This study demonstrates how concept can be...
In this study, we explore a range of options and outcomes associated with using different allocation approaches to operationalise the Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework at country, sector, city scales. We demonstrate: (i) how translate PB into various sub-global scales (countries, cities, industries); (ii) take global/local aspects (e.g., water use watershed level) account. Finally, apply proposed methodology derive city, sector-specific budgets consistent concept for Switzerland. then...
Most of today's products and services are made in global supply chains. As a result, consumption goods one country is associated with various environmental pressures all over the world due to international trade. Advances multi-region input-output models have allowed researchers draw detailed, supply-chain connections between production consumptions activities impacts. Due limited data availability there little evidence about more recent trends energy footprint. In order expand analytical...