Assessing carbon dioxide emission reduction potentials of improved manufacturing processes using multiregional input output frameworks

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 163, Issue , 2017, Pages 154-165

  Ward, Hauke ^a,b,d   Burger, Mia ^a,b   Chang, Ya Ju ^a   Fürstmann, Paul ^a   Neugebauer, Sabrina ^a   Radebach, Alexander ^a,b,d   Sproesser, Gunther ^a   Pittner, Andreas ^a,c   Rethmeier, Michael ^a,c   Uhlmann, Eckart ^a   Steckel, Jan Christoph ^a,b,d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic wide technology replacement; Greenhouse gas mitigation; Life cycle assessment; Multi regional input output data; Process innovations; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; INPUT-OUTPUT DATA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PROCESS INNOVATION; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84959497781     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.02.062     Document Type: Article

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