Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options

Ivanova, Diana; Barrett, John; Wiedenhofer, Dominik; Macura, Biljana; Callaghan, Max; Creutzig, Felix

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab8589

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Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options

Published in Environmental Research Letters • Apr 1, 2020

Authors:

Diana Ivanova

John Barrett

Dominik Wiedenhofer

Abstract

Abstract Background. Around two-thirds of global GHG emissions are directly and indirectly linked to household consumption, with a global average of about 6 tCO 2 eq/cap. The average per capita carbon footprint of North America and Europe amount to 13.4 and 7.5 tCO 2 eq/cap, respectively, while that...

Subject

Per capita

Consumption (sociology)

Carbon footprint

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