Undoing Atmospheric Harm: Civil Action to Shrink the Carbon Footprint

Byrne, John; Kurdgelashvili, Lado; Hughes, Kristen

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“…Meanwhile, in many other locales, the relevant challenge entails overcoming the almost sheer lack of social action to address any of these phenomena. These conditions suggest that cities and their populations may need to build on existing efforts to address larger national conditions that impede -or fail to motivate -local and regional capacity for sustainability in the U.S. (Byrne et al, 2008).…”

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“…Amid fluctuations in energy prices and concerns for climate change, cities have pursued their own specific actions to alter the fuel source content for local electricity supply, to reduce the overall amount of energy utilized, and to do so in ways that achieve a host of improvements specific to the community. To aid cities in this endeavor, a number of supportive initiatives have arisen in the last two decades (Byrne, Kurdgelashvili, & Hughes, 2008;Sawin & Hughes, 2007).…”

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An Applied Local Sustainable Energy Model

Hughes

2009

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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Climate change is only one factor driving growing numbers of cities throughout the globe to reconsider conventional approaches to electricity generation and use. In the U.S., this momentum is incorporating a shift away from centralized, supply-side approaches reliant on fossil fuels and nuclear power, toward more distributed, flexible, and cleaner energy systems. In this regard, such systems entail elements of the emerging Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) model enacted by the U.S. state of Delaware in 2007. The potential value of this model can be explored by examining those locales where elements of energy service compatible with an SEU have currently been adopted and implemented. This paper looks to one such community, Austin, Texas, to assess its utilization of an alternative energy pathway and the outcomes observed to date. Considered here are the technical, economic, and environmental dimensions of change, as well as the social dynamics accompanying new imperatives for energy development.

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An Applied Local Sustainable Energy Model

Hughes

2009

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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“…However, stabilization of CO2 concentration at 450 ppm requires concerted effort of all members of the international community. As demonstrated in a previous paper, 50 delay by the United States to reduce emissions until 2050 prevents global realization of 450 ppm of CO 2 by 2100, even when all other Annex 1 countries meet the 3.3 tons per capita emissions target by 2050. j In fact, zero emissions by European Union and Japan by 2100 cannot overcome the effort of the delay by the United States to act. This 'U.S.…”

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“…By grouping options for social change into menus that dramatically reduce the carbon intensity of human acitivty and the rate of energy use to develop, we believe practical agendas of action can begin to be formed. Elsewhere 50,53,54 we have discussed needed political and economic changes to realize a long-term sustainable and equitable rate of per capita emissions (defined in Ref 52).…”

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Social change to avert further climate change: defining the scale of change and principles to guide a new strategy

Byrne

Kurdgelashvili²,

Taminiau³

2012

WIREs Energy & Environment

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The inability of the international community so far to materially affect the trend in anthropogenic emissions demonstrates the urgent need to formulate an effective response to the threat of climate change. We offer a detailed picture—disaggregated by country—of the social changes necessary to reduce the rate and risk of climate change. We recognize two broad types of social change—changes that either reduce energy intensity or reduce carbon intensity. Through the Kaya identity, we demonstrate that the current business as usual scenario expects a carbon concentration of approximately 660 ppm by 2100, which corresponds to a potentially catastrophic 4.9°C temperature increase. Through a low‐carbon‐emissions scenario built on principles used by the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy over the past 20 years, we show the social changes required to realize a hopefully sustainable 450 ppm carbon dioxide concentration with an equitable 3.3 ton/capita annual carbon emissions budget. We conclude that all members of the international community—even Non‐Annex 1 members—face major and immediate challenges in any common effort to address climate change. Our analysis supports exploratory efforts for the formulation of menus of social change. As a preliminary basis for identifying such menus of social change, we suggest priority be given to bottom‐up discourses that position the principles of sustainability, equity, development autonomy, and justice at the core of decision‐making. This article is categorized under: Energy and Climate > Economics and Policy

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“…The challenge of sustaining a future in the greenhouse remains large, daunting, and even unnerving [130]. The policy record is mixed and advances are slow.…”

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The Role of Policy in PV Industry Growth: Past, Present and Future

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Kurdgelashvili

2010

Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering

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DG).* * Most of the RPS carve-outs have targets which must be reached by 2020. + In January 2010, New Jersey changed its percentage-based solar target to a GW h target. Data sources: [8,25]. The analysis, based on EIA's most recent electricity forecast (8), assumes electricity consumption will grow 1% annually. The PV capacity required to meet solar or DG carve-outs is calculated using average daily solar radiation data from NREL [125], and a PV system performance ratio of 75%.

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Undoing Atmospheric Harm: Civil Action to Shrink the Carbon Footprint

Cited by 5 publications

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An Applied Local Sustainable Energy Model

An Applied Local Sustainable Energy Model

Social change to avert further climate change: defining the scale of change and principles to guide a new strategy

The Role of Policy in PV Industry Growth: Past, Present and Future

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