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DOI 10.1038/s41558-024-02016-z
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Title (Primary) Demand-side strategies key for mitigating material impacts of energy transitions
Author Creutzig, F.; Simoes, S.G.; Leipold, S.; Berrill, P.; Azevedo, I.; Edelenbosch, O.; Fishman, T.; Haberl, H.; Hertwich, E.; Krey, V.; Lima, A.T.; Makov, T.; Mastrucci, A.; Milojevic-Dupont, N.; Nachtigall, F.; Pauliuk, S.; Silva, M.; Verdolini, E.; van Vuuren, D.; Wagner, F.; Wiedenhofer, D.; Wilson, C.
Source Titel Nature Climate Change
Year 2024
Department UPOL
Volume 14
Issue 6
Page From 561
Page To 572
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Abstract As fossil fuels are phased out in favour of renewable energy, electric cars and other low-carbon technologies, the future clean energy system is likely to require less overall mining than the current fossil-fuelled system. However, material extraction and waste flows, new infrastructure development, land-use change, and the provision of new types of goods and services associated with decarbonization will produce social and environmental pressures at localized to regional scales. Demand-side solutions can achieve the important outcome of reducing both the scale of the climate challenge and material resource requirements. Interdisciplinary systems modelling and analysis are needed to identify opportunities and trade-offs for demand-led mitigation strategies that explicitly consider planetary boundaries associated with Earth’s material resources.
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Creutzig, F., Simoes, S.G., Leipold, S., Berrill, P., Azevedo, I., Edelenbosch, O., Fishman, T., Haberl, H., Hertwich, E., Krey, V., Lima, A.T., Makov, T., Mastrucci, A., Milojevic-Dupont, N., Nachtigall, F., Pauliuk, S., Silva, M., Verdolini, E., van Vuuren, D., Wagner, F., Wiedenhofer, D., Wilson, C. (2024):
Demand-side strategies key for mitigating material impacts of energy transitions
Nat. Clim. Chang. 14 (6), 561 - 572 10.1038/s41558-024-02016-z