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dc.contributor.authorIvanova, Diana
dc.contributor.authorVita, Gibran
dc.contributor.authorWood, Richard
dc.contributor.authorLausselet, Carine
dc.contributor.authorDumitru, Adina
dc.contributor.authorKrause, Karen
dc.contributor.authorMacsinga, Irina
dc.contributor.authorHertwich, Edgar G.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T12:56:46Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T12:56:46Z
dc.date.created2018-07-19T09:26:42Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Environmental Change. 2018, 52 117-130.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0959-3780
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2587498
dc.description.abstractAs 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 the consumption of the produced goods, and provided an understanding of what products and consumer actions cause significant emissions. Social scientists have investigated how attitudes, social norms, and structural factors shape salient behavior. Yet, there is often a disconnect as emission reductions through individual actions in the important domains of housing and mobility are challenging to attain due to lock-ins and structural constraints. Furthermore, most behavioral research focuses on actions that are easy to trace but of limited consequence as a share of total emissions. Here we study specific alternative consumption patterns seeking both to understand the behavioral and structural factors that determine those patterns and to quantify their effect on carbon footprints. We do so utilizing a survey on consumer behavioral, attitudinal, contextual and socio-demographic factors in four different regions in the EU. Some differences occur in terms of the driving forces behind behaviors and their carbon intensities. Based on observed differences in mobility carbon footprints across households, we find that the key determining element to reduced emissions is settlement density, while car ownership, rising income and long distances are associated with higher mobility footprints. For housing, our results indicate that changes in dwelling standards and larger household sizes may reduce energy needs and the reliance on fossil fuels. However, there remains a strong need for incentives to reduce the carbon intensity of heating and air travel. We discuss combined effects and the role of policy in overcoming structural barriers in domains where consumers as individuals have limited agency.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherElseviernb_NO
dc.titleCarbon mitigation in domains of high consumer lock-innb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.description.versionsubmittedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber117-130nb_NO
dc.source.volume52nb_NO
dc.source.journalGlobal Environmental Changenb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.06.006
dc.identifier.cristin1597918
dc.description.localcodeThis is a submitted manuscript of an article published by Elsevier Ltd in Global Environmental Change, 14 July 2018nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,64,25,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for energi- og prosessteknikk
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