The Positive Effects of Natural Capital and Tax Shifting on Cogeneration Project Economics Related to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Franceschi ◽  
James Condela ◽  
Stephen Eber
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Tax Shifting

scholarly journals High Performance Bacteria Anchored by Nanoclay to Boost Straw Degradation

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1148
Author(s):  
Minghao Li ◽  
Caiguo Tang ◽  
Xue Chen ◽  
Shengwei Huang ◽  
Weiwei Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Potential Application ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Organic Matters ◽  
Promising Technology ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Growth Of Bacteria

Generally, crop straw degrades slowly in soil, which is unfavorable for tillage and next crop growth. Thus, it is important to develop a promising technology to boost degradation of straw. Herein, a nanobiosystem has been developed by loading bacterial mixture in nanostructured attapulgite (ATP) and using it as a straw returning agent (SRA). Therein, ATP could effectively anchor bacteria to the surface of straw and greatly facilitate the adhesion and growth of bacteria. Consequently, this technology could effectively accelerate the degradation and transformation of straw into nutrients, including nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and organic matters (OM). Pot and field tests indicated that SRA displayed significant positive effects on the growth of the next crop. Importantly, SRA could effectively decrease greenhouse gas emissions from farmland, which is beneficial for the environment. Therefore, this work provides a facile and promising method to facilitate the degradation of straw, which might have a potential application value.

scholarly journals Regulating ecosystem service ‘Regulation of greenhouse gas flows’: Current status and regulatory Promotion in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 05014
Author(s):  
Irina Akhmedova ◽  
Elena Pinigina ◽  
Olga Prituzhalova ◽  
Liliia Sulkarnaeva ◽  
Natalia Zherebyateva
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Gas Flows ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Gas Emissions

Ecosystem services are an integral part of a country's natural capital, and they require economic valuation. However, in Russia, there is no legislative methodological basis for the economic assessment of many ecosystem services in Russia, particularly the regulation of greenhouse gas flows. The Global climate change, the urgent need in transition to a low-carbon economy, the fall in global oil demand and the dissimilation of the alternative energy sources, the need to reduce the carbon footprint emphasize the strong demand for the creation of the system of payment for ecosystem services and considering service "regulation of greenhouse gas flows" as a category of marketable goods. "Low carbon" is a significant competitive advantage in the markets. The article considers the Russian experience of the ecosystem services of terrestrial ecosystems assessment snd provides an overview of crucial Russian regulations in the field of regulating greenhouse gas emissions. We established that the rhetoric of the key legislation items in the field of greenhouse gas regulation goes along with the world agenda. The main problem today is the need to launch an economic mechanism for regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

scholarly journals The use of biochar in animal feeding

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Schmidt ◽  
Nikolas Hagemann ◽  
Kathleen Draper ◽  
Claudia Kammann
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Nutrient Losses ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Positive Effects

Biochar, that is, carbonized biomass similar to charcoal, has been used in acute medical treatment of animals for many centuries. Since 2010, livestock farmers increasingly use biochar as a regular feed supplement to improve animal health, increase nutrient intake efficiency and thus productivity. As biochar gets enriched with nitrogen-rich organic compounds during the digestion process, the excreted biochar-manure becomes a more valuable organic fertilizer causing lower nutrient losses and greenhouse gas emissions during storage and soil application. Scientists only recently started to investigate the mechanisms of biochar in the different stages of animal digestion and thus most published results on biochar feeding are based so far on empirical studies. This review summarizes the state of knowledge up to the year 2019 by evaluating 112 relevant scientific publications on the topic to derive initial insights, discuss potential mechanisms behind observations and identify important knowledge gaps and future research needs. The literature analysis shows that in most studies and for all investigated farm animal species, positive effects on different parameters such as toxin adsorption, digestion, blood values, feed efficiency, meat quality and/or greenhouse gas emissions could be found when biochar was added to feed. A considerable number of studies provided statistically non-significant results, though tendencies were mostly positive. Rare negative effects were identified in regard to the immobilization of liposoluble feed ingredients (e.g., vitamin E or Carotenoids) which may limit long-term biochar feeding. We found that most of the studies did not systematically investigate biochar properties (which may vastly differ) and dosage, which is a major drawback for generalizing results. Our review demonstrates that the use of biochar as a feed additive has the potential to improve animal health, feed efficiency and livestock housing climate, to reduce nutrient losses and greenhouse gas emissions, and to increase the soil organic matter content and thus soil fertility when eventually applied to soil. In combination with other good practices, co-feeding of biochar may thus have the potential to improve the sustainability of animal husbandry. However, more systematic multi-disciplinary research is definitely needed to arrive at generalizable recommendations.

scholarly journals Empowering Sustainable Consumer Behavior in the EU by Consolidating the Roles of Waste Recycling and Energy Productivity

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9794
Author(s):  
Mihai Dinu ◽  
Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu ◽  
Radu Petrariu ◽  
Marius Constantin ◽  
Ana-Mădălina Potcovaru
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Energy Productivity ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
The Eu

The growth in population and economic activities has direct implications on the deterioration of the natural capital, especially when referring to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. However, improvement is possible by empowering sustainable consumption and production patterns. Through the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations call for a mix of economic development, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion. The agenda also provides the instruments needed to track progress, as each Sustainable Development Goal has a set of indicators meant to assess various dimensions of sustainability. Energy productivity is only one of many, but still special because it reflects sustainable consumption behaviors and production patterns. The 2030 Climate Target Plan elaborated by the European Commission consolidates and brings its contribution to the aims of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by adding weight to the importance of the greenhouse gas emissions target. The objective of this research was to study the relationship between energy productivity, greenhouse gas emissions, biowaste recycling and nominal GDP in the EU in order to highlight the key of a smooth transition towards sustainable consumption behaviors and production patterns. The results show that recycling, greening the economy and energy productivity are the vectors of this transition.

scholarly journals Ecological City-States in an Era of Environmental Disaster: Security, Climate Change and Biodiversity

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5532
Author(s):  
John E. Fernández ◽  
Marcela Angel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Climate Agreements ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
State Actors

Recently, there has been increasing evidence of the emergence of systemic strains that threaten international cooperative efforts on global issues, especially climate change, biodiversity loss and security. Non-state actors have responded by declaring their commitment to work together alongside nations as climate agreements struggle to deliver the necessary global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, conservation goals are not met, and security issues diversify. A principal constituent of the world’s non-state actors are cities. With many cities now home to more than 10 million individuals and several cities of more than 20 million, the urban world has come to dominate the global economy as well as the resource needs and environmental burdens imposed upon the planet by our species. Urban economies are responsible for more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions and substantially affect the world’s biodiversity by driving the extraction of resources and the degradation of global natural capital. Cities have become concentrators of diverse risk that complicate and broaden global security priorities. Cities are also crucibles of innovation in technology, business and governance and strong alliances between the world’s cities have formed to address the challenges of climate change, biodiversity and more. This paper asserts the unique potential for cities to assume a greater role in global priorities, including climate change, biodiversity loss and a realignment of security priorities. The transformative changes required in these three domains calls for a renewal of the city as a semi-autonomous neo-state, an ecological city-state.

REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raluca Ioana Nicolae ◽  
Petru Nicolae ◽  
Ana-Maria Brăileanu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Sustainable Infrastructure ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Diesel Vehicles ◽  
Polluting Emissions

Climate change is an inevitable and urgent global challenge with long-term implications for the sustainable development of all countries. In order to respond to climate change, it is very important to identify new ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The present paper emphasizes that the use of a greener and more efficient means of transport, such as a highway (in this case Buzău-Focșani) is more beneficial in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions than using old infrastructure. Through specific traffic data processing and dispersion modelling, it was shown that the polluting emissions will increase in the next years, in case of using the already existing road, while the use of a sustainable highway provides a downward trend for these emissions. The construction of the highway will have positive effects on air quality, will ensure a good traffic flow, but the benefits will be even greater when the replacing of the existing car fleet (Diesel vehicles) with hybrid and electric vehicles will take place.

Low-Carbon Russia: Prospects after the Crisis

2009 ◽  
pp. 107-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Bashmakov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Scenario Approach

On the eve of the worldwide negotiations of a new climate agreement in December 2009 in Copenhagen it is important to clearly understand what Russia can do to mitigate energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in the medium (until 2020) and in the long term (until 2050). The paper investigates this issue using modeling tools and scenario approach. It concludes that transition to the "Low-Carbon Russia" scenarios must be accomplished in 2020—2030 or sooner, not only to mitigate emissions, but to block potential energy shortages and its costliness which can hinder economic growth.

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