Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Hertwich, Edgar G."
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Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies
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. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)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 responsible for numerous other environmental ... -
Environmental Impacts of Capital Formation
Södersten, Carl-Johan; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
Environmental impacts of high penetration renewable energy scenarios for Europe
Berrill, Peter; Arvesen, Anders; Scholz, Yvonne; Gils, Hans Christian; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The prospect of irreversible environmental alterations and an increasingly volatile climate pressurises societies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, thereby mitigating climate change impacts. As global electricity demand ... -
Environmental implications of large-scale adoption of wind power: a scenario-based life cycle assessment
Arvesen, Anders; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)We investigate the potential environmental impacts of a large-scale adoption of wind power to meet up to 22% of the world's growing electricity demand. The analysis builds on life cycle assessments of generic onshore and ... -
Factors influencing the life-cycle GHG emissions of Brazilian office buildings
Krych, Kamila; Heeren, Niko; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Effective mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the buildings sector requires a full understanding of the factors influencing emissions over the life-cycle of buildings, particularly in places where large additions ... -
Global climate targets and future consumption level: an evaluation of the required GHG intensity
Girod, B; van Vuuren, DP; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Discussion and analysis on international climate policy often focuses on the rather abstract level of total national and regional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At some point, however, emission reductions need to be ... -
Global scenarios of resource and emission savings from material efficiency in residential buildings and cars
Pauliuk, Stefan; Heeren, Niko; Berrill, Peter; Fishman, Tomer; Nistad, Andrea Arntzen; Tu, Qingshi; Wolfram, Paul; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Material production accounts for a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Resource-efficiency and circular-economy strategies, both industry and demand-focused, promise emission reductions through reducing ... -
Happier with less? Members of European environmental grassroots initiatives reconcile lower carbon footprints with higher life satisfaction and income increases
Vita, Gibran; Ivanova, Diana; Dumitru, Adina; García-Mira, Ricardo; Carrus, Giuseppe; Stadler, Konstantin; Krause, Karen; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Scientists and policymakers recognize the need to address consumption and lifestyles in order to reconcile environmental and development agendas. Sustainability-oriented grassroots initiatives emerge bottom-up to create ... -
Health benefits, ecological threats of low-carbon electricity
Gibon, Thomas; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Arvesen, Anders; Singh, Bhawna; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Stabilizing global temperature will require a shift to renewable or nuclear power from fossil power and the large-scale deployment of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) for remaining fossil fuel use. Non-climate co-benefits of ... -
High sensitivity of metal footprint to national GDP in part explained by capital formation
Zheng, Xinzhu; Wang, Ranran; Wood, Richard; Wang, Can; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Global metal ore extraction tripled between 1970 and 2010 as metals are widely used in new infrastructure and advanced technology. Meanwhile, the energy and environmental costs of metal mining increase as lower ore grades ... -
Improved Copper Circularity as a Result of Increased Material Efficiency in the U.S. Housing Stock
Wang, Tong; Berrill, Peter; Zimmerman, Julie Beth; Rao, Narasimha D.; Min, Jihoon; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Material efficiency (ME) can support rapid climate change mitigation and circular economy. Here, we comprehensively assess the circularity of ME strategies for copper use in the U.S. housing services (including residential ... -
Increased carbon footprint of materials production driven by rise in investments
Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The production of materials is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions. To reduce emissions, policies aim to enhance material efficiency and the circular economy, but our understanding of the dynamics of material-related ... -
Industrial ecology in integrated assessment models
Pauliuk, Stefan; Arvesen, Anders; Stadler, Konstantin; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Technology-rich integrated assessment models (IAMs) address possible technology mixes and future costs of climate change mitigation by generating scenarios for the future industrial system. Industrial ecology (IE) focuses ... -
Integrated life-cycle assessment of electricity-supply scenarios confirms global environmental benefit of low-carbon technologies
Hertwich, Edgar G.; Gibon, Thomas; Bouman, Evert; Arvesen, Anders; Suh, Sangwon; Heath, Garvin; Bergesen, Joseph; Ramirez, Andrea; Vega, Mabel; Shi, Lei (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Decarbonization of electricity generation can support climate-change mitigation and presents an opportunity to address pollution resulting from fossil-fuel combustion. Generally, renewable technologies require higher initial ... -
Labor Embodied in Trade: The Role of Labor and Energy Productivity and Implications for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Silva Simas, Moana; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Global production chains carry environmental and socioeconomic impacts embodied in each traded good and service. Even though labor and energy productivities tend to be higher for domestic production in high‐income countries ... -
The legacy environmental footprints of manufactured capital
Wang, Ranran; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Fishman, Tomer; Deetman, Sebastiaan; Behrens, Paul; Chen, Wei-Qiang; de Koning, Arjan; Xu, Ming; Matus, Kira; Ward, Hauke; Tukker, Arnold; Zimmerman, Julie B. (Journal article, 2023)The foundations of today’s societies are provided by manufactured capital accumulation driven by investment decisions through time. Reconceiving how the manufactured assets are harnessed in the production–consumption system ... -
Life cycle assessment demonstrates environmental co-benefits and trade-offs of low-carbon electricity supply options
Gibon, Thomas; Arvesen, Anders; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The targeted transition towards an electricity system with low or even negative greenhouse gas emissions affords a chance to address other environmental concerns as well, but may potentially have to adjust to the limited ... -
Life cycle assessment of an offshore grid interconnecting wind farms and customers across the North Sea
Arvesen, Anders; Nes, Rasmus Nikolai; Huertas-Hernando, Daniel; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Purpose: This study aims to contribute to an improved understanding of the environmental implications of offshore power grid and wind power development pathways. To achieve this aim, we present two assessments. First, we ... -
Life cycle assessment of an offshore grid interconnecting wind farms and customers across the North Sea
Arvesen, Anders; Nes, Rasmus Nikolai; Huertas-Hernando, Daniel; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This study aims to contribute to an improved understanding of the environmental implications of offshore power grid and wind power development pathways. To achieve this aim, we present two assessments. First, we investigate ... -
Life cycle assessment of transport of electricity via different voltage levels: A case study for Nord-Trøndelag county in Norway
Arvesen, Anders; Hauan, Ingrid Bjerke; Bolsøy, Bernhard Mikal; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) plays a vital role in society by connecting electricity producers and consumers. We present a life cycle assessment case study of electricity delivery to consumers in ...