scholarly journals Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaijun Li ◽  
Zouheir Mighri ◽  
Suleman Sarwar ◽  
Chen Wei
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Pollution Reduction ◽  
Spatial Durbin Model ◽  
Employment Generation ◽  
Total Forest Area ◽  
Good Policy ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

Research has proved the significance of forests in controlling carbon emissions, however, our research sheds light on the management of existing forests to combat climate change. To examine the role of forestation and forest investment activities, dynamic spatial techniques are used for 30 provinces of China. The results suggest that forest investment and management not only reduce carbon locally but also in neighboring provinces. Furthermore, the findings of the current study confirmed that forest investment is the most viable practice to control carbon emissions in China instead of just increasing total forest area. Reforms regarding the management of forests would be a good policy for both pollution reduction and employment generation.

Mapping the field: a bibliometric analysis of land use and carbon emissions (LUCE) research from 1987 to 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunhui Liu ◽  
Kongqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Combat Climate Change

PurposeOne of the most critical and active research areas in the field of climate change in recent years has been the interaction between land use and carbon emissions (LUCE). As there is a lack of data to represent the knowledge structure and evolution of LUCE between 1987 and 2018, this paper turned to CiteSpace in order to identify and visualize the cited references and keyword networks, the distribution of categories and countries and highly cited references in connection to LUCE research. Two indicators, betweenness centrality (BC) and citation burst (CB) embedded in CiteSpace, were utilized to investigate the knowledge structures.Design/methodology/approachTwo indicators, BC and CB embedded in CiteSpace, were introduced to investigate the knowledge structures.FindingsFirstly, pre-2000 papers provide the main theoretical foundation for LUCE research, and the innovation of computer technology also provides new ideas and methods for related research. Secondly, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are attracting more attention. As agriculture also involves food security, the pressure on agriculture to reduce carbon is enormous, and more research and policy investment will be needed in the future. Thirdly, although the natural sciences ranked highly on BC detection, social and humanities sciences have contributed more to the LUCE research with an increasing emphasis on regional and global governance to combat climate change. Finally, keen interest in carbon emissions and sustainable development in developed countries, particularly in Europe, has led to a large number of LUCE studies. Research being done in developing countries that are most affected by climate change is also outstanding.Originality/valueThe results collected will assist scientific researchers to better understand the research status and frontier trends in this sector, thus permitting researchers to comprehend current research interests in the LUCE analysis field and providing useful information for further investigation and publication strategies.

scholarly journals Community participation in mitigating marine waste to reduce climatic change in tourism destinations

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 569-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudesh Prabhakaran ◽  
Vikneswaran Nair ◽  
Sridar Ramachandran
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Marine Waste

Purpose Waste in the marine environment has become a serious task to be managed. Uncontrolled dumping creates large amounts of methane gas contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. This conceptual paper focuses on the role of community in waste management activities to reduce carbon emissions in the marine environment. Hence, this paper aims to examine using literature, the various roles of community, types of marine waste and its impact on carbon emissions and climate change. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on evaluation and criticism from previous studies and provides a hypothetical understanding of the human contribution to climate change, and its impacts which will increasingly affect climate change and sustainable tourism. Findings The results from this study can be used as a guide for policy makers to help improve community participation and public engagement in efforts to reduce the levels of waste in the marine environment. This is especially critical in rural tourism destinations where the impact of uncontrolled marine waste has serious consequences for the tourism industry. Originality/value The paper contributes to a better understanding of the role of community in mitigating waste to attain a higher quality of tourism experience and environmental benefits from emission level reductions.

How does tourism development affect environmental pollution?

2021 ◽  
pp. 135481662110004
Author(s):  
Najid Ahmad ◽  
Xuejiao Ma
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Substitution Effect ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Pollution Reduction ◽  
Energy Substitution ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Asian Tigers ◽  
Pollution Emissions

Tourism development has often been considered as a growth pillar over recent decades; however, studies on whether and how it can contribute to pollution reduction are scant. This study fills the research gaps by exploring the role of tourism development in pollution emissions by investigating two influencing mechanisms—the industry substitution effect and energy substitution effect—in the context of Asian Tigers. Several econometric techniques are used to show that a 1% increase in tourism development can lead to a 0.3862% decrease in carbon emissions. The results of multiple mediating effect analyses indicate that the tourism sector can curb carbon emissions by both replacing high-emissions industries and promoting the use of renewable energy; the effect of the former path is 4% greater than that of the latter. This study should serve as a reference by which policymakers can develop sustainable tourism and reduce pollution emissions.

scholarly journals Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to combat climate change: comparing drivers of individual action in global crises

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marijn H. C. Meijers ◽  
Christin Scholz ◽  
Ragnheiður “Heather” Torfadóttir ◽  
Anke Wonneberger ◽  
Marko Markov
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Governmental Policy ◽  
Personal Threat ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Policy Perceptions ◽  
Behavior Change Theories

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are two global crises that require collective action. Yet, the inertia typically associated with behavior change to limit climate change stands in contrast to the speed associated with behavior change to stop the spread of COVID-19. Identifying the roots of these differences can help us stimulate climate-friendly behaviors. We assessed the extent to which a number of theory-based drivers underlie behaviors aiming to counter COVID-19 and climate change with an online survey (N = 534). We focused on the role of a number of drivers derived from prominent behavior change theories and meta-analyses in the field, namely, personal threat, threat to close others, threat to vulnerable others, fear, participative efficacy, injunctive and descriptive social norms, and governmental policy perceptions. We investigated (1) what drivers people perceived as most important to engage in behaviors that limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change and (2) the strength of the associations between these drivers and engaging in behaviors that limit the spread of the pandemic and climate change. Results highlight three key drivers for climate change action: changing perceptions of governmental policy and perceptions of threat to close others and priming participative efficacy beliefs.

Industry: Turning the Titanic

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-154
Author(s):  
Deborah Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

Chapter 5 examines the structure and role of the oil industry and details the various actors that make up the industry. It argues that self-reported greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are not comprehensive or trustworthy. There are too many ways that companies can game emissions reports. Different companies are surveyed to separate the leaders from the laggards. The investigation reaches beyond multinational and national oil and gas companies and touches upon industry actors in the wings: investors, industry advisers, traders, and certification agents. Efforts to establish industry benchmarks are laid out. The chapter recommends rethinking self-regulation and concludes with a challenging premise about whether the goal is to defeat or partner with the oil and gas industry to effectively combat climate change.

scholarly journals The role of climate change education on individual lifetime carbon emissions

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. e0206266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene C. Cordero ◽  
Diana Centeno ◽  
Anne Marie Todd
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Climate Change Education

scholarly journals The Role of Local Government in the Drive for Sustainable Development Public Policies. An Analytical Framework Based on Institutional Capacities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5978
Author(s):  
Miquel Salvador ◽  
David Sancho
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
City Council ◽  
Combat Climate Change

The role of local governments in promoting policies to combat climate change is critical. In order to play this role, local administrations must have different capacities that allow them to analyze, manage and transform their environment through public policies. This article aims to contribute to the academic debate on the role of local governments in the articulation of climate change policies and sustainable development. The proposal combines a conceptual and analytical contribution, which is illustrated by means of a case study analysis. At the conceptual and analytical level, the article proposes a review of the contributions from the perspective of public policies and organizational management models in order to introduce an analytical framework based on four capacities: strategic, analytical, managerial and collaborative. This framework is developed based on the design of a strategy to measure the existence of these capabilities in a given local government by means of specific indicators. This analytical framework is applied through a case study of Barcelona City Council and its policies to combat climate change and promote sustainable development. The results of the analysis highlight the importance of the combined action of the four management capacities mentioned as a precondition for the articulation of this type of policies at the local government level.

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