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Systems scale assessment of the sustainability implications of emerging green initiatives

Systems scale assessment of the sustainability implications of emerging green initiatives
Systems scale assessment of the sustainability implications of emerging green initiatives
This paper demonstrates a systems framework for assessment of environmental impacts from ‘green initiatives’, through a case study of meso-scale, anthropogenic–biogenic interactions. The following cross-sectoral green initiatives, combining the emerging trends in the North East region of the United Kingdom, have been considered – increasing the vegetation cover; decarbonising road transport; decentralising energy production through biomass plants. Two future scenarios are assessed – Baseline_2020 (projected emissions from realisation of policy instruments); Aggressive_2020 (additional emissions from realisation of green initiatives). Resulting trends from the Aggressive_2020 scenario suggest an increase in emissions of pollutant precursors, including biogenic volatile organic compounds and nitrogen dioxide over the base case by up to 20% and 5% respectively. This has implications for enhanced daytime ozone and secondary aerosols formation by up to 15% and over 5% respectively. Associated land cover changes show marginal decrease of ambient temperature but modest reductions in ammonia and ambient particulates
0269-7491
213-223
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Tiwary, Abhishek, Namdeo, Anil, Fuentes, Jose, Dore, Anthony, Hu, Xiao-Ming and Bell, Margaret (2013) Systems scale assessment of the sustainability implications of emerging green initiatives. Environmental Pollution, 183, 213-223. (doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.049). (PMID:23631938)

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This paper demonstrates a systems framework for assessment of environmental impacts from ‘green initiatives’, through a case study of meso-scale, anthropogenic–biogenic interactions. The following cross-sectoral green initiatives, combining the emerging trends in the North East region of the United Kingdom, have been considered – increasing the vegetation cover; decarbonising road transport; decentralising energy production through biomass plants. Two future scenarios are assessed – Baseline_2020 (projected emissions from realisation of policy instruments); Aggressive_2020 (additional emissions from realisation of green initiatives). Resulting trends from the Aggressive_2020 scenario suggest an increase in emissions of pollutant precursors, including biogenic volatile organic compounds and nitrogen dioxide over the base case by up to 20% and 5% respectively. This has implications for enhanced daytime ozone and secondary aerosols formation by up to 15% and over 5% respectively. Associated land cover changes show marginal decrease of ambient temperature but modest reductions in ammonia and ambient particulates

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e-pub ahead of print date: 28 April 2013
Organisations: Centre for Environmental Science

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Local EPrints ID: 354518
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354518
ISSN: 0269-7491
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Author: Abhishek Tiwary
Author: Anil Namdeo
Author: Jose Fuentes
Author: Anthony Dore
Author: Xiao-Ming Hu
Author: Margaret Bell

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