scholarly journals Corporate Ecological Footprint: New Conversion Factors

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Coto-Millán ◽  
Juan Luis Doménech Quesada ◽  
Ingrid Mateo Mantecón
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Conversion Factors ◽  
Carbon Absorption ◽  
A Company ◽  
Total Impact

The first ecological footprint calculation version, applied to companies, appeared in 2003. The said tool provides the possibility of calculating the total impact of a company or organisation in hectares or in equivalent emissions of . This paper updates carbon absorption rates and improves electricity consumption conversion factors, one of the major footprint generating consumptions in companies. The new rates prove that the footprint estimated to date will be notably increased as, among other aspects, the IPCC has downgraded the amount of carbon that forests are capable of absorbing. These data reveal that companies must make a great effort to adapt to the challenges triggered by climate change.

INTERCONNECTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMPONENTS FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE NORTH

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
N. N. ILYSHEVA ◽  
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E. V. KARANINA ◽  
G. P. LEDKOV ◽  
E. V. BALDESKU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
The North ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Relationship

The article deals with the problem of achieving sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between the components of sustainable development, taking into account the involvement of indigenous peoples in nature conservation. Climate change makes achieving sustainable development more difficult. Indigenous peoples are the first to feel the effects of climate change and play an important role in the environmental monitoring of their places of residence. The natural environment is the basis of life for indigenous peoples, and biological resources are the main source of food security. In the future, the importance of bioresources will increase, which is why economic development cannot be considered independently. It is assumed that the components of resilience are interrelated and influence each other. To identify this relationship, a model for the correlation of sustainable development components was developed. The model is based on the methods of correlation analysis and allows to determine the tightness of the relationship between economic development and its ecological footprint in the face of climate change. The correlation model was tested on the statistical materials of state reports on the environmental situation in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. The approbation revealed a strong positive relationship between two components of sustainable development of the region: economy and ecology.

scholarly journals Temperature Effects on Electricity and Gas Consumption: Empirical Evidence from Mexico and Projections under Future Climate Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
W.J. Wouter Botzen ◽  
Tim Nees ◽  
Francisco Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Net Energy ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Gas Consumption

Fixed effects panel models are used to estimate how the electricity and gas consumption of various sectors and residents relate to temperature in Mexico, while controlling for the effects of income, manufacturing output per capita, electricity and gas prices and household size. We find non-linear relationships between energy consumption and temperature, which are heterogeneous per state. Electricity consumption increases with temperature, and this effect is stronger in warm states. Liquified petroleum gas consumption declines with temperature, and this effect is slightly stronger in cold states. Extrapolations of electricity and gas consumption under a high warming scenario reveal that electricity consumption by the end of the century for Mexico increases by 12%, while gas consumption declines with 10%, resulting in substantial net economic costs of 43 billion pesos per year. The increase in net energy consumption implies greater efforts to comply with the mitigation commitments of Mexico and requires a much faster energy transition and substantial improvements in energy efficiency. The results suggest that challenges posed by climate change also provide important opportunities for advancing social sustainability goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This study is part of Mexico’s Sixth National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

scholarly journals Analysing the safe and just operating space of agriculture in the world: past, present and future

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajishnu Roy ◽  
Kousik Pramanick
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Planetary Boundaries ◽  
Nitrogen Use ◽  
Freshwater Use ◽  
Safe Operating ◽  
Arable Land Use

AbstractAgriculture, along with industry and household sector are three major sectors of human consumption. Agriculture has proved to be a major contributor to exceeding planetary boundaries. Here, we have explored the impact of agriculture in the Earth system processes, through eight dimensions of planetary boundaries or safe operating spaces: climate change (10.73%), freshwater use (91.56%), arable land use (37.27%), nitrogen use (95.77%), phosphorus use (87.28%), ecological footprint (19.42%), atmospheric pollution (2.52% - 38.08%) and novel entities. In this work, we have also shown role of agriculture to the socio-economic development dimensions: gender equality, employment and economic growth. We have shown that the safe operating limits for agriculture are going to decline by almost 55% (climate change), 300% (freshwater use), 50-55% (arable land use), 180% (nitrogen use), 265% (phosphorus use) and 20% (ecological footprint) in 2050, if the most inefficient way of consumption is chosen and continued. To alleviate the role of agriculture in transgressing planetary boundaries, it is indispensable to comprehend how many roles of agriculture is playing and where which target should be set to framework the national agricultural policies in coherence with attaining sustainable development goals of UN by 2030.

scholarly journals Ecological Footprint in relation to Climate Change Strategy in Cities

2017 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 062021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Belčáková ◽  
Andrea Diviaková ◽  
Eliška Belaňová
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Change Strategy

Ecological impact of wheat and spelt production under industrial and alternative farming systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Bavec ◽  
Michael Narodoslawsky ◽  
Franc Bavec ◽  
Matjaž Turinek
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Environmental Stability ◽  
Energy Prices ◽  
Alternative Farming ◽  
Political Security ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Industrial Revolution and intensification of agriculture have, in some cases, led to economic activities that profoundly influenced the ecosystem to the point where environmental stability and geographic political security are jeopardized. The uncertainty about oil reserves, rising energy prices and the threat of harmful climate change effects has intensified the search for alternative farming systems that reduce negative environmental impact. This study reports the ecological impact of conventional (CON), integrated (INT), organic (ORG) and biodynamic (BD) farming systems calculated from data collected in a field trial at Maribor, Slovenia, and interpreted using the SPIonExcel tool. This tool is a member of the ecological footprint family and describes the area necessary to embed a human activity sustainably into the ecosphere. Three-year results show a markedly reduced ecological footprint of the ORG and BD systems in production of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. ‘Antonius’) and spelt (Triticum spelta L. ‘Ebners rotkorn’), mainly due to the absence of external production factors. When yields were also considered, the ORG and BD systems again had a reduced overall footprint per product unit and increased ecological efficiency of production. Thus, ORG and BD farming systems present viable alternatives for reducing the impact of agriculture on environmental degradation and climate change. Nevertheless, room for improvement exists in the area of machinery use in all systems studied and yield improvement in the ORG farming system.

scholarly journals North–south polarization of European electricity consumption under future warming

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (38) ◽  
pp. E7910-E7918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie Wenz ◽  
Anders Levermann ◽  
Maximilian Auffhammer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Dose Response ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Total Consumption ◽  
Electric Sector ◽  
Future Warming ◽  
The Impact

There is growing empirical evidence that anthropogenic climate change will substantially affect the electric sector. Impacts will stem both from the supply side—through the mitigation of greenhouse gases—and from the demand side—through adaptive responses to a changing environment. Here we provide evidence of a polarization of both peak load and overall electricity consumption under future warming for the world’s third-largest electricity market—the 35 countries of Europe. We statistically estimate country-level dose–response functions between daily peak/total electricity load and ambient temperature for the period 2006–2012. After removing the impact of nontemperature confounders and normalizing the residual load data for each country, we estimate a common dose–response function, which we use to compute national electricity loads for temperatures that lie outside each country’s currently observed temperature range. To this end, we impose end-of-century climate on today’s European economies following three different greenhouse-gas concentration trajectories, ranging from ambitious climate-change mitigation—in line with the Paris agreement—to unabated climate change. We find significant increases in average daily peak load and overall electricity consumption in southern and western Europe (∼3 to ∼7% for Portugal and Spain) and significant decreases in northern Europe (∼−6 to ∼−2% for Sweden and Norway). While the projected effect on European total consumption is nearly zero, the significant polarization and seasonal shifts in peak demand and consumption have important ramifications for the location of costly peak-generating capacity, transmission infrastructure, and the design of energy-efficiency policy and storage capacity.

scholarly journals THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ENERGY-WATER SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2F) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Safieh Javadinejad
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Future Time Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Climate Change Model ◽  
Policy And Planning

In order to develop a valued decision-support system for climate alteration policy and planning, recognizing the regionally-specific features of the climate change, energy-water nexus, and the history of the current and possible future climate, water and energy supply systems is necessary. This paper presents an integrated climate change, water/energy modeling platform which allows tailored climate alteration and water-energy assessments. This modeling platform is established and described in details based on particular regional circumstances. The modeling platform involves linking three different models, including the climate change model from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 under the most severe scenario (Representative Concentration Pathways, Water Evaluation, and Planning system and the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning system). This is to understand the impacts of climate variability (changes in temperature and precipitation) on water and electricity consumption in Zayandeh Rud River Basin (Central Iran) for the current (1971–2005) and future time period (2006–2040). Climate models have projected that the temperature will increase by 7 °C and precipitation will decrease by 44%, it is also proposed that electricity imports will rise during a severe dry scenario in the basin, while power generation will decrease around 8%.

scholarly journals RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM INFORMASI PEMAKAIAN LISTRIK BERBASIS JAVA:STUDI KASUS PADA PT. ARGO PANTES, TBK

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Nurdiana Handayani ◽  
Rizqi Abdulrohman
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Unified Modeling Language ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Modelling Language ◽  
Unified Modeling ◽  
Unified Modelling Language ◽  
Present Information ◽  
A Company ◽  
Correct Data ◽  
Better Than

ABSTRAK PT. Argo Pantes Tbk merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak dibidang textile yang berada di Jl. MH. Thamrin KM 4, Cikokol Tangerang. Sistem yang berjalan pada PT. Argo Pantes Tbk masih kurang maksimal dalam perhitungan pemakaian listrik. Pencarian data pemakaian listrik harus mencari satu persatu agar dapat mengetahui data pemakaian listrik yang benar. Maka untuk mengatasi hal tersebut diperlukan sistem pemakaian listrik yang lebih baik dari sistem sebelumnya agar dapat menyajikan informasi pemakaian listrik yang lengkap dan mempermudah dalam mengetahui jumlah pemakaian listrik harian dan bulanan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode waterfall dan rancangan sistem diimplementasikan dengan Unified Modelling Language (UML). Hasil akhir yang diharapkan adalah agar sistem informasi berbasis java desktop ini dapat mengatasi permasalahan sistem yang berjalan diantaranya lebih maksimal dalam proses perhitungan pemakaian listrik, pembuatan laporan pemakaian listrik dan pencarian data pemakaian listrik lebih mudah. Dengan adanya penelitian ini diharapkan dapat membantu PT. Argo Pantes Tbk khususnya unit listrik utility untuk melakukan pengembangan sistem informasi pemakaian listrik.   ABSTRACT PT. Argo Pantes Tbk is a company engaged in the textile located on Jl. MH. Thamrin KM 4, Cikokol Tangerang. System running on PT. Argo Pantes Tbk is still less than the maximum in the calculation of electricity consumption. The search for electricity usage data should look for one by one in order to know the correct data of electricity usage. So to overcome it required a system of electricity usage is better than the previous system in order to present information on the use of electricity is complete and simplify in knowing the amount of daily and monthly electricity consumption. This research uses waterfall method and system design is implemented with Unified Modeling Language (UML). The expected end result is that this desktop java based information system can overcome the problems of running systems such as the maximum in the process of calculating electricity consumption, making reports of electricity consumption and data search electricity usage easier. With this research is expected to help PT. Argo Pantes Tbk especially utility power unit to develop information system of electricity usage.

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