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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aae5d7 |
Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use | |
Wynes, Seth1; Nicholas, Kimberly A.2; Zhao, Jiaying3; Donner, Simon D.1 | |
2018-11-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 13期号:11 |
文章类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Canada; Sweden |
英文摘要 | Interventions that promote pro-environmental behaviours are increasingly necessary in reducing use of high-emissions goods and services to meet international climate change targets. Here we assess the greenhouse gas emissions reductions associated with behavioural interventions in three high-emitting domains (personal vehicle use, meat consumption, and household energy use) based on an analysis of the peer-reviewed literature. We examined 40 studies from 1991-2018 involving 886 576 subjects. We found that some of the most robust interventions shown to reduce emissions were financial incentives for personal vehicles, defaults for reduced meat consumption, and feedback for home energy use. We estimate mean annual reductions of 571 kgCO(2)e per vehicle driver for reduced vehicle use, 51 kgCO(2)e per individual for reduced meat consumption, and 149 kgCO(2)e per household for reduced energy use. Despite substantial attention to behavioural interventions in the literature, we find that few studies are suitable for quantifying emissions reductions (N = 6 for diet, N = 5 for personal vehicles) and few (N = 3) are conducted outside OECD countries. Due to this imbalance in the literature, we focus our findings on western economies. We find substantial variation in the emission reductions achieved with different interventions within each domain; interventions in diet ranged from reductions of 231 kgCO(2)e to increases of 116 kgCO(2)e per person per year (both statistically significant). Further, emissions reductions are sensitive to external factors, such as the emissions intensity of the electrical grid, which may change over time. Key gaps in the literature include a lack of studies conducted using randomized controlled trials or follow-ups, and in high-impact areas for emissions reductions including air travel. We highlight promising areas of intervention, such as habit changes to promote mode shifts in personal transportation, which would benefit from an analysis of greenhouse gas emissions reductions in future research. |
英文关键词 | climate change mitigation pro-environmental behaviors meat consumption personal vehicles household energy |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000449184200002 |
WOS关键词 | RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ; PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR ; PROENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR ; TAILORED INFORMATION ; STRUCTURAL-CHANGE ; FIELD EXPERIMENT ; SMART METER ; FEEDBACK ; CARBON ; TRAVEL |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/32107 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ British Columbia, Dept Geog, Vancouver Campus,1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada; 2.Lund Univ, Ctr Sustainabil Studies, POB 170, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden; 3.Univ British Columbia, Dept Psychol, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wynes, Seth,Nicholas, Kimberly A.,Zhao, Jiaying,et al. Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,13(11). |
APA | Wynes, Seth,Nicholas, Kimberly A.,Zhao, Jiaying,&Donner, Simon D..(2018).Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,13(11). |
MLA | Wynes, Seth,et al."Measuring what works: quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions of behavioural interventions to reduce driving, meat consumption, and household energy use".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 13.11(2018). |
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