Assessing the European Electric-Mobility Transition: Emissions from Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Use in Relation to the EU Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets

The European Union (EU) has set a 37.5% GHG reduction target in 2030 for the mobility sector, relative to 1990 levels. This requires increasing the share of zero-emission passenger vehicles, mainly in the form of electric vehicles (EVs). This study calculates future GHG emissions related to passenger vehicle manufacturing and use based on stated...

Infrastructure challenges caused by industrial transformation to achieve greenhouse gas eutrality, ammonia production in the Antwerp-Rotterdam-Rhine-Ruhr area

Several pathways for potentially greenhouse gas neutral production of ammonia have been investigated compared to today's conventional ammonia production at chemical sites in Antwerp, Dormagen, and Geleen. These pathways include on-site water electrolysis using grid electricity, off-site production via water electrolysis using renewable...

The impact of temporal variability in prior emissions on the optimization of urban anthropogenic emissions of CO2, CH4 and CO using in-situ observations

Constraining urban emissions is gaining more attention because of the important role of cities in reaching na tional climate mitigation targets. Urban inverse modelling studies could constrain emissions of large hotspots, but still face many challenges. It has been argued that more detailed information is needed on both atmospheric transport and...

Challenges to standardizing emissions calculation of Logistics hubs as basis for decarbonizing transport chains on a global scale

Carbon footprinting is regarded as one means of enhancing transparency on where greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 17 are produced within a transport chain and, thus, limiting the emissions and improving the efficiency of transport and transhipment, on both the demand and supply sides of the market. In order to meet global GHG reduction targets and...

Public health impacts of city policies to reduce climate change: Findings from the URGENCHE EU-China project

Background: Climate change is a global threat to health and wellbeing. Here we provide findings of an international research project investigating the health and wellbeing impacts of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in urban environments. Methods: Five European and two Chinese city authorities and partner academic organisations formed...

Socio-economic impacts of low-carbon power generation portfolios: Strategies with and without CCS for the Netherlands

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) could be an interesting option to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands. This study compares a mitigation strategy for the Dutch power sector that includes CCS to one without on several socio-economic indicators. In particular, we calculate incremental gross value added (GVA), employment and import...

Detailed Data Comparison Using VIN for Uncertainty Assesment within the CO2 Monitoring Database Established Under Art.8 of Regulation (EC) no.443/2009

The European Union has committed itself to a 20% reduction of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and of 30% in case other major economies make comparable efforts. Transport is one of the main emitting sectors, and the only one that continues to grow substantially. Road transport is responsible for the majority of the overall transport emissions...

The variability of GHG emissions from Dutch landscapes (Variabiliteit in ruimte en tijd ontrafeld)

Greenhouse gas emissions are highly variable in space and time. This variability hampers measurements of greenhouse gas emissions and hinders the use of land use and management as mitigation options. We give an overview of explaining factors of temporal and spatial variability of greenhouse gas emissions from Dutch landscapes. CO₂...

Emission reduction of non-CO2 greenhouse gases used as refrigerant

Non-0O2 Greenhouse gases, in particular CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs, are the main refrigerants used in refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump equipment. This kind of equipment traditionally leaks significantly (10 to 40 % of the content on a yearly base) during operational life. At end of life, the refrigerant content traditionally emits...