Modeling the carbon consequences of pro-environmental consumer behavior

Duarte, Rosa; Feng, Kuishuang; Hubacek, Klaus; Chóliz, Julio Sánchez; Sarasa, Cristina; Sun, Laixiang

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.101

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“…This particular author uses a highly structured formalism (a nonlinear optimization procedure) to reconcile information from different sources. Duarte and colleagues () link what they call micro‐ and macro‐level data in a computable general equilibrium model through nested production functions with substitutions governed by exogenous elasticities of substitution. These efforts substantially increase the empirical content for analysis, but, in both cases, it is hard to evaluate the physical plausibility of the resulting relative magnitudes of the different inputs for producing the intended output.…”

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A Global Case‐Study Framework Applied to Water Supply and Sanitation

Duchin

2016

J of Industrial Ecology

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SummaryOne goal of the local-to-global research program is to explore ways to reduce, if not reverse, threats to sustainability through analysis using mathematical models applied to shared databases. This article describes a global case-study framework for reconciling top-down with bottom-up approaches so they are mutually reinforcing for identifying and evaluating the effectiveness of different scenarios describing potential future actions. A strategic selection of cases makes it possible to distinguish and represent concrete characteristics of both common and atypical situations, whereas a global model is needed to provide an integrating conceptual framework based on a theory of consumption, production, and international exchanges that captures interdependencies among activities across regions. I discuss how the results of global analyses can be useful for framing case-study questions and selecting cases, whereas the cases, in turn, identify concerns of specific stakeholders and provide detailed information, including technical data, to supplement economic databases with their accounting origins. I describe ways to enhance collaborations between top-down and bottom-up researchers, using global, multiregional input-output databases to play a mediating role, while avoiding rigidities of premature closure and incorporating diverse perspectives. Responding to the high-priority global challenge of vastly expanding effective sanitation services in developing countries is used to illustrate these ideas.

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A Global Case‐Study Framework Applied to Water Supply and Sanitation

Duchin

2016

J of Industrial Ecology

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“…Duarte et al [52] evaluated the adoption of energy efficient appliances, modal shift to public transport, healthier diets, and the associated carbon emissions and job effects by using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, and suggested that reductions in carbon dioxide, methane, and sulphur dioxide emissions may be compatible with increases in income and reductions in unemployment. Thus household consumption and consumer's individual behavior could be important drivers of GHG emissions.…”

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Understanding the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and the implication for achieving climate change mitigation targets

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“…Duarte et al (2015) investigate different energysavings policies, including increased energy-efficiency improvements, in Spain. However, that study is quite specific to the Spanish economy characterized by very different energy needs compared with Scotland and focuses mostly on the effectiveness of energy-saving policies on CO 2 emissions.…”

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Energy efficiency as an instrument of regional development policy? The impact of regional fiscal autonomy

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This paper analyses the system-wide impact of increased household energy efficiency in a regional context, using Scotland as an example. It shows that household energy efficiency improvements typically deliver a 'double dividend' of a regional economic stimulus and reduction in energy use. However, the trade-off between the two is sensitive to the degree of regional fiscal autonomy, and so is likely to vary across regions. The use of taxation to support the implementation of energy-efficiency improvement programmes negatively impacts competitiveness, unless workers are willing to accept lower after-tax wages to fund public spending on improving household energy efficiency.KEYWORDS energy efficiency; regional development policy; energy rebound; regional fiscal autonomy; general equilibrium JEL C68, D58, Q43, Q48 HISTORY

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Modeling the carbon consequences of pro-environmental consumer behavior

Cited by 65 publications

References 29 publications

A Global Case‐Study Framework Applied to Water Supply and Sanitation

A Global Case‐Study Framework Applied to Water Supply and Sanitation

Understanding the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and the implication for achieving climate change mitigation targets

Energy efficiency as an instrument of regional development policy? The impact of regional fiscal autonomy

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