Environmental and Economic Impacts of Decarbonization: Input-Output Studies on the Consequences of the 2015 Paris Agreements

ISBN-13: 9780367887223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 382 str.

Oscar Dejuan; Manfred Lenzen; Maria Angeles Cadarso

Opis

Many questions have arisen, but with an array of experts from all over the globe, this volume answers these questions using a variety of input-output techniques. By adopting this approach, the chapters in this book highlight the direct and indirect effects of these connections on emissions, climate change, income distribution and employment. Fur

Spis treści

Introduction

Óscar Dejuán, María-Ángeles Cadarso and Manfred Lenzen

Part I. Electricity generation. Towards a cleaner mix

Decarbonizing electricity generation in the EU. Its impact on emissions and employment all over the world

Óscar Dejuán, Jorge Zafrilla, María-Ángeles Tobarra, Fabio Monsalve and Carmen Córcoles

Indirect emissions and socio-economic impacts on energy efficiency. Improvements and renewable electricity in Europe

Kurt Kratena

Global renewable energy diffusion in an input-output framework

Kirsten S. Wiebe

Potentials to decarbonize electricity consumption in Australia

Paul Wolfram and Thomas Wiedmann

Part II. Household consumption and social well-being

Global income inequality and carbon footprints: can we have the cake and eat it too?

Klaus Hubacek, Giovanni Baiocchi, Kuishuang Feng, Raúl Muñoz-Castillo, Laixiang Sun and Jinjun Xue

The potential contribution of solar thermal electricity (STE) in Mexico in the light of the Paris Agreements

Irene Rodríguez-Serrano and Natalia Caldés

Peak carbon emission in China: a household energy use perspective

Haiyan Zhang and Michael L. Lahr

The road to Paris with energy-efficiency strategies and GHG emissions-reduction targets: the case of Spain

Rosa Duarte, Julio Sánchez-Chóliz and Cristina Sarasa

Part III. Key drivers in carbon emissions and improvements in energy efficiency

Global drivers of change in GHG emissions from a consumption perspective. Carbon footprint accounting in a post-Paris world

Soeren Lindner, José-Manuel Rueda-Cantuche and Richard Wood

South America’s global value chains and CO2 emissions embodied in trade, an input-output approach

José Durán-Lima and Santacruz Banacloche

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O autorze

Óscar Dejuán is Professor of Economics at University of Castilla, La Mancha, Spain.

Manfred Lenzen is Professor of Sustainability Research in the School of Physics at University of Sydney, Australia.

María Ángeles Cadarso is Associate Professor of Economics at University of Castilla, La Mancha, Spain.