dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Olson, Sarah |
dc.contributor.author |
Heinonen, Jukka |
dc.contributor.author |
Ottelin, Juudit |
dc.contributor.author |
Czepkiewicz, Michał |
dc.contributor.author |
Árnadóttir, Áróra |
dc.date.accessioned |
2024-03-19T08:45:14Z |
dc.date.available |
2024-03-19T08:45:14Z |
dc.date.issued |
2024-03-04 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Olson, S. C., Heinonen, J., Ottelin, J., Czepkiewicz, M., & Árnadóttir, Á. (2024). The impact of low-carbon consumption options on carbon footprints in the Nordic region. Consumption and Society (published online ahead of print 2024). Retrieved Mar 15, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1332/27528499Y2024D000000013 |
dc.identifier.issn |
2752-8499 |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4770 |
dc.description.abstract |
Changes in personal consumption play an important role in the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to stay within the 1.5-degree warming carbon footprint budget. Affluent countries have high carbon footprints from a consumptive perspective and therefore have a high potential to reduce emissions from personal consumption. To study this potential, we look at the consumption-based carbon footprints of respondents from a carbon footprint calculator survey from the Nordic countries to compare the carbon footprints of those who participated in selected low-carbon consumption options to those that did not. The total sample size of the survey is 8,000 households. We analysed seven low-carbon consumption options within the domains of diet, transportation and housing energy. An input-output based hybrid assessment model was used to calculate the consumption-based carbon footprints. In addition to analysing these options separately, we also analysed them in combination. The lowest carbon footprints were associated with those respondents who did not own a car or had a vegan or vegetarian diet, and the largest difference in emissions was associated with not flying and not owning a car. Rebound effects for the consumption options were largely limited and were mostly not significant. Participation rates in the low-carbon consumption options were generally low. These results underscore the need for higher rates of adopting multiple low-carbon consumption options and can inform policy on which consumption options could be the most impactful. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
Icelandic Centre for Research RANNÍS (grant number 207195-052) |
dc.format.extent |
1-28 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
Bristol University Press |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Consumption and Society;2024 |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Loftslagsbreytingar |
dc.subject |
Sjálfbærni |
dc.subject |
Kolefnisspor |
dc.subject |
Neysluvenjur |
dc.subject |
Consumption-based carbon footprints |
dc.subject |
low-carbon consumption options |
dc.subject |
mitigation potential |
dc.title |
The impact of low-carbon consumption options on carbon footprints in the Nordic region |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.description.version |
Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) |
dc.identifier.journal |
Consumption and Society |
dc.identifier.doi |
https://doi.org/10.1332/27528499Y2024D000000013 |
dc.relation.url |
https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/consoc/aop/article-10.1332-27528499Y2024D000000013/article-10.1332-27528499Y2024D000000013.xml |
dc.contributor.department |
Umhverfis- og byggingarverkfræðideild (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.department |
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UI) |
dc.contributor.school |
Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.school |
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI) |