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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| Environmental co-benefits and adverse side-effects of alternative power sector decarbonization strategies [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13067-8
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Author
| Luderer, Gunnar (Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung, Technische Universität Berlin)Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung, Technische Universität BerlinORCID0000-0002-9057-6155
Pehl, Michaja (Technische Universität Berlin)Technische Universität BerlinORCID0000-0003-2349-6515
Arvesen, Anders (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet)Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige UniversitetORCID0000-0002-1378-3142
Gibon, Thomas (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Luxembourg Institute of Science and TechnologyORCID0000-0002-2778-8825
Bodirsky, Benjamin L. (Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung)Potsdam Institut fur KlimafolgenforschungORCID0000-0002-8242-6712
de Boer, Harmen Sytze (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)
Fricko, Oliver (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg)
Hejazi, Mohamad (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Humpenöder, Florian (Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung)Potsdam Institut fur KlimafolgenforschungORCID0000-0003-2927-9407
Iyer, Gokul (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryORCID0000-0002-3565-7526
Mima, Silvana (Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble (GAEL))
Mouratiadou, Ioanna (Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development)Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentORCID0000-0002-3541-6271
Pietzcker, Robert C. (Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung)
Popp, Alexander (Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung)
van den Berg, Maarten (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)
van Vuuren, Detlef (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development)Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentORCID0000-0003-0398-2831
Hertwich, Edgar G. (Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Yale School of the Environment)Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Yale School of the EnvironmentORCID0000-0002-4934-3421 |
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Description
| A rapid and deep decarbonization of power supply worldwide is required to limit global warming to well below 2 °C. Beyond greenhouse gas emissions, the power sector is also responsible for numerous other environmental impacts. Here we combine scenarios from integrated assessment models with a forward-looking life-cycle assessment to explore how alternative technology choices in power sector decarbonization pathways compare in terms of non-climate environmental impacts at the system level. While all decarbonization pathways yield major environmental co-benefits, we find that the scale of co-benefits as well as profiles of adverse side-effects depend strongly on technology choice. Mitigation scenarios focusing on wind and solar power are more effective in reducing human health impacts compared to those with low renewable energy, while inducing a more pronounced shift away from fossil and toward mineral resource depletion. Conversely, non-climate ecosystem damages are highly uncertain but tend to increase, chiefly due to land requirements for bioenergy. (2019-12-01)
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Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Keyword
| limit global warming
power supply worldwide
rapid and deep
supply worldwide
worldwide is required |
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Funding Information
| European Commission: 730403 |
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Deposit Date
| 2019-12-01 |
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Data Type
| Article |
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Data Source
| Nature Communications; eISSN: 20411723, vol. 10, n° 1 |