Unsustainable imbalances and inequities in Carbon-Water-Energy flows across the EU27

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Wang, Xue-Chao¹  Klemes, Jiri Jaromir¹  Wang, Yutao^2,3  Foley, Aoife^4,5  Huisingh, Donald⁶  Guan, Dabo^7,8  Dong, Xiaobin⁹  Varbanov, Petar Sabev¹ 

[1] Brno Univ Technol, Fac Mech Engn, NETME Ctr, Sustainable Proc Integrat Lab SPIL,VUT Brno, Techn 2896-2, Brno 61669, Czech Republic

[2] Fudan Univ, Fudan Tyndall Ctr, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China

[3] Fudan Univ, Shanghai Key Lab Atmospher Particle Pollut & Prev, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China

[4] Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Mech & Aerosp Engn, Belfast BT9 5AH, Antrim, North Ireland

[5] Univ Dublin, Trinity Coll Dublin, Dept Civil Struct & Environm Engn, Dublin D02 PN40, Ireland

[6] Univ Tennessee, Inst Secure & Sustainable Environm, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA

[7] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Earth Syst Sci, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China

[8] UCL, Bartlett Sch Construct & Project Management, London WC1E 6BT, England

[9] Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China

关键词: Carbon-water-energy flows;    Embodied energy;    Embodied CO2;    Embodied water;    EU27;    Input-output model;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2020.110550

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The EU27 countries exert significant influence on the global patterns of the CO2-Emissions-Water-Energy (CWE) nexus. However, whether the associated benefits are similar for all countries is unclear. In this paper, an EU27 multiregional input-output model, at a sector level to identify the inter-regional and-sectoral CWE flows, and clarify the regional, sectoral and worldwide patterns of EU27 CWE network is presented. The results revealed an environmental inequality across the EU27 and impacts on the rest of the world. The EU27 countries contributed 1.4 Gt less CO2 emissions, 64.5 Gm(3) less water utilisation and 49 EJ less energy consumption, compared to the rest of the world while generating the equivalent economic output in 2014. This has dramatic effects upon the global environment. Germany, France and Italy are the biggest beneficiaries in the CWE nexus in the EU27. It is recommended that the EU27 provide more technical support to upstream countries in the EU and elsewhere to strive to improve their resource utilisation efficiencies.

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