Net-Zero Action Recommendations for Scope 3 Emission Mitigation Using Life Cycle Assessment

Jhuma Sadhukhan
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Jhuma Sadhukhan: Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-20

Abstract: Greenhouse gas emissions anywhere across the value chain cause the global temperature to rise. A responsible net-zero strategy is reducing and removing direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. The current net-zero actions aim to offset rather than reduce or remove life cycle greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Unless the demands/consumptions are reduced, net-zero actions will merely be a burden-shifting practice. Scope 3 emissions are considered in the life cycle assessment (LCA) of goods and services and account for direct and indirect emissions with imported goods and services. Scope 3 emission tariff seems an effective way to shift consumption patterns to carbon-neutral options. This article explores tools and systems for ‘just transition’ using three buckets of scientific questions: (1) Technical: which GHG to remove, when, where, and by what mechanism; (2) Social-Policy: how to share GHG obligations between stakeholders to deliver the UN SDGs; (3) Data: how to create robust, trusted, and transparent data for reporting, accounting, and actions. Building on the analyses, this study recommends thirteen scientific evidence-based net-zero actions.

Keywords: just transition and net-zero city; lithium-ion battery and battery recycling; hydrogen CCUS BECCS biomass and biorefinery; nature-inspired solutions; biorefinery bioeconomy renewable energy; whole system optimisation and circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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