Potential for future reductions of global GHG and air pollutants from circular waste management systems

Adriana Gómez-Sanabria; Gregor Kiesewetter; Zbigniew Klimont; Wolfgang Schoepp; Helmut Haberl

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27624-7

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Potential for future reductions of global GHG and air pollutants from circular waste management systems

Adriana Gómez-Sanabria,
Gregor Kiesewetter,
Zbigniew Klimont,
Wolfgang Schoepp,
Helmut Haberl

Affiliations

Adriana Gómez-Sanabria: Pollution Management Research Group, Energy, Climate and Environment Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Gregor Kiesewetter: Pollution Management Research Group, Energy, Climate and Environment Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Zbigniew Klimont: Pollution Management Research Group, Energy, Climate and Environment Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Wolfgang Schoepp: Pollution Management Research Group, Energy, Climate and Environment Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Helmut Haberl: Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27624-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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A sustainability scenario yields major co-benefits compared to technical solution-focused scenarios, leaving 386 Tg CO2eq/yr of GHG to be released while air pollutants from open burning can be eliminated before 2050, finds study on implementation of circular municipal waste management systems.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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