Browsing by Author "Hertwich, Edgar G."
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Adoption and diffusion of heating systems in Norway: Coupling agent-based modeling with empirical research
Sopha, Bertha Maya; Kløckner, Christian; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Sophisticated modeling techniques can help policy makers examine technology interventions aimed at addressing climate change mitigation and other environmental issues. Since adoption of a new technology is not only based ... -
A Methodology for Integrated, Multiregional Life Cycle Assessment Scenarios under Large-Scale Technological Change
Gibon, Thomas; Wood, Richard; Arvesen, Anders; Bergesen, Joseph; Suh, Sangwon; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Climate change mitigation demands large-scale technological change on a global level and, if successfully implemented, will significantly affect how products and services are produced and consumed. In order to anticipate ... -
An update of the Human Toxicity Potential with special consideration of conventional air pollutants
Hertwich, Edgar G.; Mateles, Sarah F.; Pease, William S.; McKone, Thomas E (Working Papers from Industrial Ecology Programmme (IndEcol), 1504-3681; 2006:1, Research report, 2006)We present updated values for the Human Toxicity Potential (HTP) of 349 pollutants. The HTP is a characterization method used to weight emissions, such as those listed in life-cycle inventories and toxic release inventories. ... -
Assessing the life cycle environmental impacts of wind power: A review of present knowledge and research needs
Arvesen, Anders; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)We critically review present knowledge of the life cycle environmental impacts of wind power. We find that the current body of life cycle assessments (LCA) of wind power provides a fairly good overall understanding of ... -
Carbon mitigation in domains of high consumer lock-in
Ivanova, Diana; Vita, Gibran; Wood, Richard; Lausselet, Carine; Dumitru, Adina; Krause, Karen; Macsinga, Irina; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article, 2018)As climate policy needs to address all feasible ways to reduce carbon emissions, there is an increasing focus on demand-side solutions. Studies of household carbon footprints have allocated emissions during production to ... -
Choice of Allocations and Constructs for Attributional or Consequential Life Cycle Assessment and Input-Output Analysis
Majeau-Bettez, Guillaume; Dandres, T.; Pauliuk, Stefan; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Samson, Rejean; Strømman, Anders Hammer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The divide between attributional and consequential research perspectives partly overlaps with the long‐standing methodological discussions in the life cycle assessment (LCA) and input‐output analysis (IO) research communities ... -
CO2 emissions from biomass combustion for bioenergy: atmospheric decay and contribution to global warming
Cherubini, Francesco; Peters, Glen Philip; Berntsen, Terje Koren; Strømman, Anders Hammer; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from biomass combustion are traditionally assumed climate neutral if the bioenergy system is carbon (C) flux neutral, i.e. the CO2 released from biofuel combustion approximately equals the ... -
Connecting global emissions to fundamental human needs and their satisfaction
Vita, Gibran; Wood, Richard; Stadler, Konstantin; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)While quality of life (QOL) is the result of satisfying human needs, our current provision strategies result in global environmental degradation. To ensure sustainable QOL, we need to understand the environmental impact ... -
Considering only first-order effects? How simplifications lead to unrealistic technology optimism in climate change mitigation
Arvesen, Anders; Bright, Ryan M.; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This article challenges the notion that energy efficiency and ‘clean’ energy technologies can deliver sufficient degrees of climate change mitigation. By six arguments not widely recognized in the climate policy arena, we ... -
Deriving life cycle assessment coefficients for application in integrated assessment modelling
Arvesen, Anders; Luderer, Gunnar; Pehl, Michaja; Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The fields of life cycle assessment (LCA) and integrated assessment (IA) modelling today have similar interests in assessing macro-level transformation pathways with a broad view of environmental concerns. Prevailing IA ... -
Dynamic Models of Fixed Capital Stocks and Their Application in Industrial Ecology
Pauliuk, Stefan; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Industrial assets or fixed capital stocks are at the core of the transition to a low-carbon economy. They represent substantial accumulations of capital, bulk materials, and critical metals. Their lifetime determines the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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)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 ...