Tag: greenhouse gas
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11.3 Diet: Vegetarian/Vegan
Author: Alaa Abd-El-Aatty ABSTRACT: Food’s carbon footprint is the production of greenhouses gas from growing, harvesting, manufacturing, transporting, storing, cooking as well as disposing of food. Avoiding meat and dairy products (becoming vegetarian or vegan) is one of the biggest ways to reduce environmental impact and help fight climate change. MAIN Our diet-related environmental burdens…
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4.4 Carbon: What are emission scopes?
Author: Dannan Yan ABSTRACT: A city’s ability to mitigate climate change and take action depends on whether the city has accurate data on greenhouse gas emissions. The first thing to determine in urban greenhouse gas accounting is the urban greenhouse gas accounting boundary, which is divided into direct emissions, indirect emissions and “scope.” Direct emissions…
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15.3 Urban Design: Walkability (1)
Author: Meimei Yang ABSTRACT: Walkability is the quantitative and qualitative measure of how friendly an area is to walking, including a multitude of factors ranging from climate change, economy, health, equity and community. MAIN: By way of the word “Walkability” it should be inherently understood as referring to a measurement of how friendly an area…
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11.5 Diet: Cold Chain Distribution
Author: Atifa Nasiri ABSTRACT: Diet Cold chain distribution is a system of temperature-controlled supply chain management transporting and distributing refrigerated products. Which delivery and storage the cold chain product in a designated area. For example, temperature control, supply chain atmosphere, including department stores, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, manage and transport lifesaving products and other products.…
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11.4 Diet: Local Food
Author: Alexandra Kent ABSTRACT: Eating locally is seen as a sustainable option when buying and consuming your food. While this is true in many ways, there are other factors to consider when trying to create as little negative effects on the environment as possible. MAIN One of the arguments on the side of local food…
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12.1 Clothing and Textiles: Fast Fashion and Waste
Author: Peiyu Si ABSTRACT: The fashion industry has been identified as the second largest polluter worldwide. The impact of its production and waste can be harmful in many aspects. Main Fast fashion refers to cheaply produced and quickly purchased clothes that imitate the latest runway styles. It emphasizes new styles delivered to consumers immediately, while…
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12.3 Clothing and Textiles: Question of leather and fur
Author: Meghan Maddock ABSTRACT: Leather and fur are part of the textile industry that is currently the second largest polluter in the world. It is estimated that the industry is responsible for 10% of the global carbon emissions. MAIN Both leather and fur have been a main source within the industry, but at a high…
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13.1 Electronics: Life Cycle Analysis-Power vs Embodied Carbon
Author: Madison Politsky ABSTRACT: The manufacturing of electronics emits large amounts of embodied carbon which negatively impact the environment. Implementing methods to prolong the lifespan of a device to prevent individuals from replacing it every couple of years will lower one’s carbon footprint. Another prevalent issue that will be discussed is the power consumption in…
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11.1 Diet: Meat
Author: Guocheng (Sam) Huang ABSTRACT: Meat consumption has increased globally, to meet the food security, the meat production will need more land to produce feed-crop and convert nature to farmland. Nevertheless, the production accounts for 14.5 % GHC emission which is challenging the Paris Agreement to keep under 2 degrees Celsius by 2050. MAIN Meat…
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14.6 Waste: Zero Waste
Author: Havana Rodriguez Castro ABSTRACT: Zero waste is the conservation of all resources by all possible means, this includes in the production, consumption, and reuse of products and their packaging (Zero Waste Alliance, 2018). The Goal is ethical and economic efficiency. So, no it is not just recycling. It is a conscious change in lifestyle…
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