Strategies toward ambitious climate targets usually rely on the concept of'decoupling'; that is,
they aim at promoting economic growth while reducing the use of natural resources and …

… [101] and Brockway [98] use aggregate primary energy intensity ( Y / E P ), while both Lin
and Liu [100] and Lin and Du [102] use an energy efficiency index – which separates the effect …

As long as economic growth is a major political goal, decoupling growth from resource use
and emissions is a prerequisite for a sustainable net-zero emissions future. However, …

Under many scenarios, fossil fuels are projected to remain the dominant energy source until
at least 2050. However, harder-to-reach fossil fuels require more energy to extract and, …

Established climate mitigation scenarios assume continued economic growth in all countries,
and reconcile this with the Paris targets by betting on speculative technological change. …

This paper presents a consumption-based carbon footprint study for a UK university including
scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions under the classification of the WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas …

Energy modelling can assist national decision makers in determining strategies that
achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, three key challenges for the …

… Award in Science and Engineering) scholarship under grant reference EP/K504440/1 of
Paul Brockway. Paul Brockway’s time was also funded in the latter stages of this work as part of …

Increasing attention has been focussed on the use of consumption-based approaches to
energy accounting via input-output (IO) methods. Of particular interest is the examination of …

The mining industry globally is responsible for significant energy consumption, and is an
important source of greenhouse gas emissions. Considering that future mineral demand is …