• Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation 

      Zheng, Heran; Long, Yin; Wood, Richard; Moran, Daniel; Zhang, Zhengkai; Meng, Jing; Feng, Kuishuang; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Guan, Dabo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Populations in developed countries are ageing. However, the impact of senior citizens’ consumption on global carbon mitigation is poorly understood. Here we find that senior citizens have played a leading role in driving ...
    • Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States 

      Berrill, Peter; Wilson, Eric J.H.; Janet L., Reyna; Antyony D., Fontanini; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Residential GHG emissions in the United States are driven in part by a housing stock where onsite fossil combustion is common, home sizes are large by international standards, energy efficiency potential is large and ...
    • 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 ...