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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"mitigation potential"”.
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Assessing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation Potential through the use of Forest Bioenergy
… to evaluate opportunities to increase GHG mitigation performance. An accounting method is developed to evaluate the impact of emissions timing on the cost-effectiveness of GHG emissions reductions from biomass-based electricity generation. Applying the integrated life cycle …
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The Effect of Composition on the Alkali-Silica Mitigation Potential of Fly Ash-Ground Glass Blends in Concrete
… ground glass and four different fly ashes as a mitigation method for alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in concrete. ASR is the reaction between select reactive aggregates and alkalis in the pore solution of concrete added by the hydration of portland cement. The inclusion of fly ash and waste glass …
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Soil Carbon Assessment: Confronting Climate Change on the Farm
… emissions technology with high climate change mitigation potential that also confers agronomic co-benefits, but variability of soil organic C (SOC) stocks remains both a statistical and financial challenge for verifying SOC sequestration goals. This work is in two parts: 1) improving sampling …
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EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF BIOMETRIC APPROACHES FOR VERIFICATION AND MONITORING IN COMMERCIAL FOREST CARBON ACCOUNTING
… (FbCS) are believed to offer the greatest mitigation potential. As more funds are allocated towards FbCS deployment, questions arise regarding their actual mitigation potential and the extent to which status-quo approaches can quantify or verify the FbCS efficiency. Carbon accounting …
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Climate impact metrics for energy technology evaluation
The climate change mitigation potential of energy technologies depends on how their lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compare to global climate stabilization goals. Current methods for comparing technologies, which assess impacts over an arbitrary, fixed time horizon, do not acknowledge the …
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CO₂ emissions reduction potential of aviation biofuels in the US
… quantifies the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential of aviation biofuels in 2050 within the US. Projected arable land availability, growth in agricultural yields, and the availability of wastes and residues are estimated as a function of future economic and climate patterns, and …
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Technological change for environmental improvement : the case of the Mexican automobile sector
… stemmed from the need for air pollution mitigation in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA). The research analyzed three cases of environmental technology introduction in passenger vehicles, and synthesized the case findings into a conceptual model. The case studies were complemented …
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Enhanced modelling of transport decarbonisation and policy pathways for Ireland
… tracks past sectoral emissions and simulates the mitigation potential of a suite of scenarios for transport, residential, electricity, services, and industry sectors. The LEAP Ireland model developed in Chapter 5 can simulate the impact of additional policies, track policy performance, and …
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Global warming, energy efficiency and the role of the built environment
… Future climate scenarios are explained and mitigation options are offered. Second, an overview of energy efficiency as the primary mitigation option for global warming is given. Terminology, history and mitigation potential of energy efficiency and how it applies across market sectors are …
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Risk Management in the Extractive Industries: Environmental Analysis and Mitigation
… of the successful use of risk management and mitigation practices. Risk management has been used to a lesser extent to reduce or avoid environmental issues as well. There are a number of factors that make utilization of risk management analysis more applicable to health and safety than to …
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Evaluating soil productivity and climate change benefits of woody biochar soil amendments for the US Interior West
… the controls on biochar's greenhouse gas mitigation potential. The field studies demonstrate that this woody biochar improved soil moisture content but its enhanced capacity to retain water did not alleviate plant water stress when water inputs were low. Similarly, in forest soils, this …
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Spatially explicit humid heat stress projections in urban environments under climate change
… to urban populations and ecosystems, and hubs of potential to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Through their modification of the environment and unique dynamics, urban areas often experience diverse microclimates and enhanced heat stress. Urban modification of the environment has commonly …
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Essays on Environmental Taxation and Climate Policy
… products - rationale, tax scheme and climate mitigation effects Agriculture is responsible for 25–30% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but has thus far been largely exempted from climate policies. Because of high monitoring costs and comparatively low technical potential …
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Evaluation of Ground-Based Spectral Imaging Capabilities for Detecting and Quantifying Landfill Methane Emissions
… uncertainty. Due to their substantial mitigation potential, accurate and independent detection and quantification of landfill methane emissions is vital for assessing emission mitigation efforts. This thesis evaluates the capabilities of ground-based spectral imaging for detecting and …
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Decarbonization strategies for North American urban landscapes: Evaluating pavements and vegetation across design typologies
… increasingly recognized as critical to climate mitigation, yet remain underrepresented in carbon accounting frameworks relative to buildings and infrastructure. This thesis advances landscape carbon assessment by introducing a typology-based Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework for landscape …
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INTEGRATING URBAN FOREST COOLING, THERMAL MONITORING, AND ECOLOGICALDYNAMICS FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT CITIES
… to overcome them. They demonstrate that the heat mitigation potential of urban forests depends not only on canopy structure, but also on how their performance is measured and how plantations are initially designed. Integrating precise, ground-level monitoring with ecologically informed planting …
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Modeling methane emissions in oil and gas industry: pathway for measurement-informed inventories
… pump installed, highlighting substantial mitigation potential through conversion to electric or air-driven pumps. The MII simulated results estimated 37.8% higher than reported Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) total methane emissions. Notably, tank-related emissions contributed …
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Investigating the representation of smoke and its implications for air quality and climate
… associated with fires, suggesting large mitigation potential of smoke impacts. Finally, Chapter 6 summarizes the work completed in this thesis.
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Analysis of future carbon tax scenarios for South African gold mines
… is especially problematic since GHG emissions mitigation strategies are dependent on the existing tax policy design. Subsequently, carbon taxpayers, like gold mining companies, cannot plan for future carbon tax-related scenarios. The uncertainty regarding carbon tax policy changes needs to be …
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