Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Wood, Richard"
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Green Offices - Investigating the Ecological Footprint of Business Services
Jelenova, Vera (Master thesis, 2015)The ecological conservation is a subject of public attention. Among the most discussed issues are (1) the environmental footprint, (2) the biocapacity limits and (3) the ecological overshoot. The Ecological footprint (EF) ... -
Growth in Environmental Footprints and Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade: Resource Efficiency Indicators from EXIOBASE3
Wood, Richard; Stadler, Konstantin; Silva Simas, Moana; Bulavskaya, Tatyana; Giljum, Stefan; Lutter, Stephan; Tukker, Arnold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Most countries show a relative decoupling of economic growth from domestic resource use, implying increased resource efficiency. However, international trade facilitates the exchange of products between regions with disparate ... -
Growth in international spillovers of energy and relation to development
Mitevska, Maja (Master thesis, 2017)The production of goods and services demands direct and indirect use of energy. In this thesis, the production based and the consumption based use of energy is studied. Using the Multi Regional Input Output (MRIO) ... -
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 ... -
Headline Environmental Indicators Revisited with the Global Multi-Regional Input-Output Database EXIOBASE
Steinmann, Zoran J.N.; Schipper, Aafke M.; Stadler, Konstantin; Wood, Richard; Koning, A. J.; Tukker, Arnold; Huijbregts, Mark A. J, (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Environmentally extended multiregion input‐output (EEMRIO) databases are used to quantify numerous environmental pressures and impacts from a consumption perspective. However, for targeted communication with decision makers, ... -
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 ... -
Hybridization of complete PLCA and MRIO databases for a comprehensive product system coverage
Agez, Maxime; Wood, Richard; Margni, Manuele; Strømman, Anders Hammer; Samson, Réjean; Majeau-Bettez, Guillaume (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Process‐based Life Cycle Assessments (PLCA) rely on detailed descriptions of extensive value chains and their associated exchanges with the environment, but major data gaps limit the completeness of these system descriptions ... -
Implementing exogenous scenarios in a global MRIO model for the estimation of future environmental footprints
Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Bjelle, Eivind Lekve; Többen, Johannes Reinhard; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)After the publication of various multi-regional input–output (MRIO) databases over the past years and related environmental and socio-economic footprint analyses, the interest in these global value chain analyses is ever ... -
Improving consumption based accounting for global capture fisheries
West, Christopher D; Hobbs, Emilie; Croft, Simon A; Green, Jonathan; Schmidt, Sarah; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Consumption-based accounting has been used to understand the resource and environmental pressures associated with the consumption of goods and services. Capture fisheries have significant economic, cultural, and environmental ... -
Indicators for national consumption-based accounting of chemicals
Persson, Linn; Arvidsson, Rickard; Berglund, Mårten; Cederberg, Christel; Finnveden, G.; Palm, Viveka; Sörme, Louise; Schmidt, Sarah; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Increased chemical use is causing a growing number of environmental problems and chemical products are pervasive in societies within animal and crop-based agriculture, in industrial processes and in households. National ... -
Inequality and Diet: How Are Environmental Impacts from Food Consumption Distributed Across Different Socioeconomic Groups Globally?
Thomassen, Kristin Muller (Master thesis, 2018)In the age of globalization, rapid population growth, increased flow of products across borders and a rising demand for food, have been rising concern amongst international organizations. On the other hand, globalization ... -
L'action pour le climat, une action contre l'emploi? Évaluation des conséquences du scénario à 2 °C sur l'emploi
Montt, Guillermo; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Harsdoff, Marek; Silva Simas, Moana; Bonnet, Antoine; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)L'Accord de Paris fixe pour objectif de limiter le réchauffement climatique à 2 °C. Il faudra pour cela accroître la part des énergies renouvelables et améliorer l'efficacité énergétique. Une telle transition énergétique ... -
¿La acción climática destruye empleos? Efectos del objetivo de los 2 °C del Acuerdo de París en el empleo
Montt, Guillermo; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Harsdoff, Marek; Silva Simas, Moana; Bonnet, Antoine; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)El Acuerdo de París establece el objetivo de mantener el calentamiento global por debajo de los 2 °C a partir de los niveles preindustriales. Ello puede lograrse aumentando la proporción de energías renovables y la eficiencia ... -
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 ... -
Life cycle assessment of fish feed produced from the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)
Rustad, Ida Hexeberg (Master thesis, 2016)The use of insects as feed is an emerging industry. Despite all the information on insects as a sustainable alternative, very few studies have been done on the environmental performance of insects compared to other feed ... -
Mapping the carbon footprint of EU regions
Ivanova, Diana; Vita, Gibran; Steen-Olsen, Kjartan; Stadler, Konstantin; Melo, Patricia C; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)While the EU Commission has encouraged Member States to combine national and international climate change mitigation measures with subnational environmental policies, there has been little harmonized effort towards the ... -
Negative emission potentials, agronomic and environmental effects of biochar application to agricultural land
Tisserant, Alexandre Fabien Regis (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:366, Doctoral thesis, 2022)In 2015 the international community signed the Paris agreement with the aim of maintaining global warming below 2°C. Negative emissions technologies (NETs) that are able of removing atmospheric carbon dioxide for storage ... -
On the financial balance of input–output constructs: revisiting an axiomatic evaluation
Majeau-Bettez, Guillaume; Wood, Richard; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-04-11)Financial balance is fundamental to input–output analysis (IO), andconsequently the respect of this balance is one of the dominant criteria inevaluating IO constructs. Kop Jansen and ten Raa (1990) proved that ... -
Prioritizing Consumption-Based Carbon Policy Based on the Evaluation of Mitigation Potential Using Input-Output Methods
Wood, Richard; Moran, Daniel; Stadler, Konstantin; Ivanova, Diana; Steen-Olsen, Kjartan; Tisserant, Alexandre; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Carbon footprints aim to engage consumers in contributing to climate‐change mitigation. Consumption‐oriented policy measures attempt to cause voluntary or incentivized interventions that reduce environmental impact through ... -
Quantifying Europe's biodiversity footprints and the role of urbanization and income
Koslowski, Maximilian; Moran, Daniel; Tisserant, Alexandre; Verones, Francesca; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Biodiversity footprinting links consumers to the biodiversity pressure their consumption induces, thereby informing choices and enabling participation in remediation measures. In order for countries, cities and households ...