Energy and transport in comparison: Immaterialisation, dematerialisation and decarbonisation in the EU15 between 1970 and 2000

Tapio, Petri; Banister, David; Luukkanen, Jyrki; Vehmas, Jarmo; Willamo, Risto

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2005.11.031

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“…Similarly, negative decoupling can be divided in three major categories: weak negative, strong negative and expansive negative decoupling. Previously, relevant cases for all categories have been found in the analysis of CO 2 emissions and the GDPs of 140 countries using data over five-year intervals between 1975 and 2005 (Tapio, 2007). Our study focuses on the relationship between the GDP and CO 2 emission.…”

Section: Tapio Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Consumption Trends and Decoupling Effects between Carbon Dioxide and Gross Domestic Product in South Africa

Lin

Beidari

Lewis

2015

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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This study evaluates the occurrence of decoupling of CO 2 emissions from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in South Africa (SA) for the period of 1990 to 2012 by using the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Tapio methods, and identifies the primary CO 2 emissions driving forces by the Kaya identity. The results showed a strong decoupling during the period of 2010-2012, which is considered as the best development situation. In 1994-2010 SA had a weak decoupling; while during the period 1990-1994, the development in SA presented an expansive negative decoupling state. The comparison of the OECD and Tapio's methods showed well-correlated results but differed in their applications; however, the OECD method appeared as the simpler one. The results of Kaya identity demonstrated that the increase in population, GDP per capita and deteriorating energy efficiency were the main primary driving forces for the increase of CO 2 emissions. It is suggested that SA can expand the share of renewable energy and promote green energy technology in addition to better strategies of the demand side management (DSM) to raise the efficiency of energy consumption as well as CO 2 emission reductions. The methods used in this research can be applied to other countries with similar situations to evaluate the trends of energy consumption and CO 2 emissions and an aid to decision-making tool for better sustainable development.

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Section: Tapio Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Consumption Trends and Decoupling Effects between Carbon Dioxide and Gross Domestic Product in South Africa

Lin

Beidari

Lewis

2015

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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“…The transition to what is currently framed as 'low carbon transport' is in many respects one phase in a consistent, if faltering, trajectory away from (over)reliance on hydrocarbons that can be traced back to the energy crisis of the mid 1970s (see, for example, Tapio et al 2007;Zachmann et al, 2012). The policy imperative driving this shift has changed over time -from early worries over resource scarcity and the price of fuel for end users to the externalities of local air pollution and subsequently climate changebut the overall trajectory is nonetheless identifiable.…”

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confidence: 99%

Delivering lower carbon urban transport choices: European ambition meets the reality of institutional (mis)alignment

2016

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Reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector has become a critical imperative for public policy as our understanding of the impacts of the mobility system on the environment has developed. This paper contrasts policy development in three cities (Aberdeen, Bremen and Malmö) that collaborated as part of a European Union knowledge exchange programme designed to share innovative approaches to carbon reduction in the transport sector. We identify a number of critical aspects of governance, including the approach to policy formulation and implementation, and the status of consensus and cohesion, as key determinants of transport outcomes. We conclude that the degree of institutional alignment evident in each city's governance network is crucial in explaining their appetite for the pursuit of low carbon policies, and in turn the real potential for policy transfer to occur as envisaged by European Union collaboration frameworks.

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“…Based on former studies [49,54,[76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87], we develop decoupling elasticity model and decoupling efforts model. Using Equations (18)- (20), we calculated the decoupling elasticity and decoupling efforts index.…”

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Decomposition and Decoupling Analysis of Life-Cycle Carbon Emission in China’s Building Sector

Jiang

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:With accelerating urbanization, building sector has been becoming more important source of China's total carbon emission. In this paper, we try to calculate the life-cycle carbon emission, analyze influencing factors of carbon emission, and assess the delinking index of carbon emission in China's building sector. The results show: (i) Total carbon emission in China's building industry increase from 984.69 million tons of CO 2 in 2005 to 3753.98 million tons of CO 2 in 2013. The average annual growth rate is 18.21% per year. Indirect carbon emission from building material consumption accounted to 96-99% of total carbon emission. (ii) The indirect emission intensity effect was leading contributor to change of carbon emission. The following was economic output effects, which always contributed to increase in carbon emission. Energy intensity effect and energy structure effect took negligible role to offset carbon emission. (iii) Delinking index show the status between carbon emission and economic output in China's building industry during

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Energy and transport in comparison: Immaterialisation, dematerialisation and decarbonisation in the EU15 between 1970 and 2000

Cited by 98 publications

References 23 publications

Energy Consumption Trends and Decoupling Effects between Carbon Dioxide and Gross Domestic Product in South Africa

Energy Consumption Trends and Decoupling Effects between Carbon Dioxide and Gross Domestic Product in South Africa

Delivering lower carbon urban transport choices: European ambition meets the reality of institutional (mis)alignment

Decomposition and Decoupling Analysis of Life-Cycle Carbon Emission in China’s Building Sector

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