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@article{Zhong2021ab,

title = {Global greenhouse gas emissions from residential and commercial building materials and mitigation strategies to 2060},

author = {Xiaoyang Zhong and Mingming Hu and Sebastiaan Deetman and Bernhard Steubing and Hai Xiang Lin and Glenn Aguilar Hernandez and Carina Harpprecht and Chunbo Zhang and Arnold Tukker and Paul Behrens},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112677 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123339 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.12.011 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107339 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127098 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sci},

doi = {10.1038/s41467-021-26212-z},

issn = {20411723},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-07-01},

journal = {Nature Communications},

volume = {12},

number = {1},

pages = {1–10},

publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},

address = {Copenhangen},

edition = {1},

abstract = {Building stock growth around the world drives extensive material consumption and environmental impacts. Future impacts will be dependent on the level and rate of socioeconomic development, along with material use and supply strategies. Here we evaluate material-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for residential and commercial buildings along with their reduction potentials in 26 global regions by 2060. For a middle-of-the-road baseline scenario, building material-related emissions see an increase of 3.5 to 4.6 Gt CO2eq yr-1 between 2020–2060. Low- and lower-middle-income regions see rapid emission increase from 750 Mt (22% globally) in 2020 and 2.4 Gt (51%) in 2060, while higher-income regions shrink in both absolute and relative terms. Implementing several material efficiency strategies together in a High Efficiency (HE) scenario could almost half the baseline emissions. Yet, even in this scenario, the building material sector would require double its current proportional share of emissions to meet a 1.5 °C-compatible target.},

keywords = {Acoustic measurements, adaptation measure, Animal husbandry, Beach sampling, Beach sediment, beach sediment citizen science, Benefits, biodiversity impacts, biodiversity loss, Black carbon, capital investment, Carbon emissions, Caribbean, China, china-us trade conflicts, circular economy, Citizen science, climate change, CO2 emissions, CO2emissions, Community, Complex terrain, Concentrated solar power, Consultation, Consumption structure, countryside species-area relationship, Cress (Lepidium sativum), Decomposition analysis, Decoupling analysis, Desulfurization technologies, Economic and social impacts, Electricity generation, Electricity sector, Electricity system, Emission projections, energy footprint, Energy models, Energy scenarios, Energy systems, Energy technology, Energy transition, energy use, energy water nexus, Energy-water nexus, Environmental, Environmental impact, environmental inequality, Environmental Justice, Environmentally extended multiregional input-outpu, EU countries, Europe, Exposure concentration, Extraction, Feed-in tariffs, Feedback and spillover effects, Flow curvature, food system, Historical drivers, Household carbon emissions, Household GHG footprints, human development, Hybrid input-output analysis, Hydraulic unbalanced forces, hydro-turbine governing system, Hydroelectric generating systems, Income inequality, Industrial CO2 emissions, industrial ecology, Input-output analysis, input–output analysis, international trade, Investment, Investment and opportunity costs, Land, Land degradation, land-use intensity, Learning curve, Lesser Antilles, Lidar observations, Lidars, Life cycle assessment, Low-carbon electricity technology, Material footprint, Mathematical model, Method standardization, Microplastics, Mineral resources, Mining, Modal interactions, MRIO model, Multi-regional input-output (MRIO) analysis, Multi-Regional Input-Output Analysis, Multi-regional input-output model, multiregional input-output analysis, Nano- and micron-sized plastics, Non-fossil electricity, Operational, Perceptions, Plastic pollution, Policy goals, Poverty, Power density, power generation, Power plants, Power transmission, Primary crops, Public transit, Rebound, Remote sensing, renewable energy policy, resource efficiency, Responsibility Sharing, Sectoral analysis, Sharing economy, SO2 emission reduction, Socio-economic impact, Sodar, Solar energy, Spatial decomposition analysis, Spatial impact, Spatially explicit, Standard operating procedure, Sublethal impacts, Subnational, Subsystem input-output model, Sustainable consumption, techno-economic evaluation, Terrestrial systems, thermal emissions, Urban-rural differences, Urbanization, Vascular plant, Vulnerable passengers, water basin, water consumption, Water footprint, Water scarcity, Wind, Wind energy},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Bosker2019a,

title = {Microplastics accumulate on pores in seed capsule and delay germination and root growth of the terrestrial vascular plant Lepidium sativum},

author = {Thijs Bosker and Lotte J. Bouwman and Nadja R. Brun and Paul Behrens and Martina G. Vijver},

doi = {10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.163},

issn = {18791298},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Chemosphere},

volume = {226},

pages = {774–781},

abstract = {The impacts of nano- and microplastics (<100 nm and <5 mm, respectively) on terrestrial systems is to the present largely unexplored. Plastic particles are likely to accumulate in these systems primarily by the application of sewage sludge. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of three sizes of plastic particles (50, 500, and 4800 nm) on a terrestrial plant (cress; Lepidium sativum), using a standardized 72 h bioassay. Cress seeds were exposed to five different concentrations of plastics, ranging from 103 to 107 particles mL−1. Germination rate was significantly reduced after 8 h of exposure for all three sizes of plastics, with increased adverse effect with increasing plastic sizes. Seeds exposed to 4800 nm microplastics showed a germination rate decline from 78% in control to 17% in the highest exposure. No difference in germination rate occurred after 24 h of exposure, regardless of the size of the plastic used. Significant differences in root growth were observed after 24 h, but not after 48 or 72 h of exposure. Impacts on germination are likely due to physical blockage of the pores in the seed capsule by microplastics as shown by confocal microscopy of fluorescent microplastics. In later stages, the microplastics particularly accumulated on the root hairs. This is the first detailed study on the effect of nano- and microplastics on a vascular, terrestrial plant, and our results indicate short-term and transient adverse effects.},

keywords = {Cress (Lepidium sativum), Nano- and micron-sized plastics, Sublethal impacts, Terrestrial systems, Vascular plant},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}