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dc.contributor.authorBjelle, Eivind Lekve
dc.contributor.authorSteen-Olsen, Kjartan
dc.contributor.authorWood, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-11T10:26:42Z
dc.date.available2017-12-11T10:26:42Z
dc.date.created2017-12-07T17:14:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Cleaner Production. 2018, 172 208-217.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0959-6526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2470007
dc.description.abstractAn increasing number of studies show that efficiency improvements alone will not be sufficient to attain the substantial emission reductions needed to mitigate global warming to a target of 2 °C. Consumption side changes are likely to be needed to achieve sufficient emission reductions. The United Nations emphasize the importance of developed countries taking the lead in lowering emissions to achieve the sustainable development goals. This paper assess to what extent Norwegian households can lower their carbon footprint consistent with territorial emission reductions towards the 2 °C target of global warming through implementing a set of behavioral actions. We evaluate the efficacy of the set of actions both initially and after considering rebound effects. A multiregional environmentally extended input-output database is linked with the Norwegian consumer expenditure survey to analyze both average and marginal expenditure per unit of increased income. Further, linear programming is applied to examine the changes needed by households to reach different emission reduction targets. We find that households implementing the full set of actions without re-spending can obtain a 58% decrease in their carbon footprint. When accounting for the effect of re-spending, this reduction drops to 24–35%, which is not within the requirements of the 2 °C target. The optimization analysis suggests households can achieve reductions up to 45% by restricting re-spending to specific goods and services. This indicates that curbing the rebound effect is key to achieving real reductions in household carbon footprints. We show that changing consumption patterns can significantly contribute to lowering anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions without compromising the level of economic activity.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherElseviernb_NO
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965261732382X
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectIndustriell økologinb_NO
dc.subjectIndustrial Ecologynb_NO
dc.subjectInput-Output analysenb_NO
dc.subjectInput-Output Analysisnb_NO
dc.titleClimate change mitigation potential of Norwegian households and the rebound effectnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Miljøteknologi: 610nb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Environmental engineering: 610nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber208-217nb_NO
dc.source.volume172nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Cleaner Productionnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.089
dc.identifier.cristin1524465
dc.relation.projectEC/FP7/613420nb_NO
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 235462nb_NO
dc.description.localcode© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,64,25,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for energi- og prosessteknikk
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