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{"title":"Willingness to pay for carbon tax in Japan","authors":"Liu Cao ,&nbsp;Akira Toyohara ,&nbsp;You Li ,&nbsp;Weisheng Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inspired by Scandinavia's carbon tax reforms, Japan's Ministry of the Environment first considered emissions trading systems (ETS) and carbon taxes in 1995. As a policy tool to address climate change, Japan is dedicated to the design and development of a carbon tax. Current plans include introducing a surcharge on fossil fuel supplies in 2028. This paper aims to investigate the policy's acceptability using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to quantify data from 1627 respondents and estimate and compare the willingness to pay (WTP) for a carbon tax among the Japanese population and Tokyo residents. Additionally, this study includes a supplementary analysis of the WTP distribution between Japan and Tokyo and examines the key factors contributing to the increase in the proportion of respondents at the maximum truncation point of the WTP amount in the WTP graph for the Japanese sample compared to the preceding monetary threshold. The results indicate that the allocation of carbon tax revenues as subsidies for clean energy technologies led to the highest median WTP in the Japanese sample, which was 4008 JPY ($29, 1 USD = 140.53 JPY, average for 2023). A Tobit regression model was used to track the factors influencing willingness to pay, revealing that gender, education, household income, and understanding of the carbon tax were highly correlated with overall willingness to pay. Among them, the highly educated Japanese population expressed greater concern about the transparency of the carbon tax procedures. High-income groups and corporate executives demonstrated a relatively higher willingness to pay when using carbon tax revenues to subsidize clean energy technologies. Tokyo's sample reveals a degree of regional heterogeneity in willingness to pay, indicating that Tokyo's experience with the carbon tax faces challenges in its promotion across Japan. Japan's carbon tax policy strategies hold potential for promotion in surrounding regions and developing countries. Additionally, the study concludes with policy recommendations based on the analysis results.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 427-444"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A review of life cycle impacts and costs of precision agriculture for cultivation of field crops","authors":"Sofia Bahmutsky,&nbsp;Florian Grassauer,&nbsp;Vivek Arulnathan,&nbsp;Nathan Pelletier","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Assessing precision agriculture in crop production based on life cycle thinking and assessments allows for the consideration of multiple environmental as well as economic aspects at a systems level. Research at this intersection is, however, notably lacking. This review paper seeks to understand the current state of both environmental and economics research with respect to different agricultural crop production methods (orchard, vegetable, open field crop, etc.), regions, and the types of precision agriculture technologies applied in each context. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis method was used to answer three review questions to address a targeted subset of precision agriculture technologies relevant to field crop production, from both environmental and economic perspectives and at the global level. Fertilizer production/use and associated field-level emissions are the leading cause of environmental impacts in many life cycle impact categories, and energy and pesticide use also contribute significantly. For most environmental impact categories, the utilization of precision agriculture practices reduced these impacts as compared to conventional practices. Many precision agriculture technologies focus on nitrogen management, namely variable rate application of nutrients, but disproportionately in the context of high value crops. There is evidence that supports the notion that variable rate fertilization management leads to reduction in many but not necessarily all environmental impacts. Some studies reported no, or limited economic benefits associated with precision agriculture technologies, however overall results suggest that precision agriculture utilization delivers economic benefits either via cost savings, input savings, and/or increases to yield, margin, or profits. Variable rate technology is highlighted as a promising subset of precision agriculture technologies in terms of environmental impact reductions and economic benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 347-362"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of influencers on sustainable consumption: A systematic literature review","authors":"Ana Cristina Munaro ,&nbsp;Renato Hübner Barcelos ,&nbsp;Eliane Cristine Francisco Maffezzolli","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.10.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.10.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The pressing need for environmentally friendly behaviors and sustainable consumption practices has become paramount in light of climate challenges and evolving societal mindsets, particularly among younger generations. Recognizing the influential role of social media influencers in shaping attitudes and behaviors, this study conducts a systematic literature review to assess the impact of influencers on promoting sustainable consumption, leveraging the Theory-Context-Characteristics-Methods (TCCM) and Antecedents-Decisions-Outcomes (ADO) frameworks. By analyzing 52 Web of Science and Scopus articles, the study identifies critical theories, methods, and contexts related to influencers' roles in shaping sustainable consumer behavior. Furthermore, it proposes an integrative conceptual framework that links influencers with sustainable consumption outcomes, highlighting key antecedents, decisions, and results. The findings underscore the effectiveness of influencers in shaping followers' purchase intentions, attitudes, and sustainable behaviors through various personal attributes and content characteristics, such as credibility, perceived expertise, green orientation, and message appeal type. The study concludes with recommendations for researchers on how to address current knowledge gaps in the field and provides insights for organizations on leveraging influencer campaigns to advance sustainability goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 401-415"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conceptualizing circular economy policy instruments: The case of recycled content standards","authors":"Mattia Maeder,&nbsp;Magnus Fröhling","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recycled content standards (RCSs) are an increasingly popular regulatory policy instrument requiring recycled materials in new products, thus aiming to close material loops. Public policy can boost the implementation of a circular economy (CE), but the relationship between individual policy instruments such as RCSs and CE needs more research. In this study, we reviewed 62 RCS policies in 30 jurisdictions and 19 scientific articles on RCSs. Our analysis has shown a new wave of increasingly stringent RCSs in multiple jurisdictions worldwide since 2018, primarily for packaging plastics and targeting CE goals. Based on our RCS study, we developed a conceptual framework for CE policy instruments with three main results. First, CE policy instruments have crucial characteristics, including feasibility, design, and administration. Second, they target the economic, environmental, and social pillars of sustainable development. Third, they have potential systemic effects at multiple abstraction levels. Our framework can be used by researchers, policymakers, and industry practitioners to understand how policy instruments contribute to CE but may have unforeseen consequences. Thus, our study guides effective CE policymaking and recommends investigating comprehensive CE policy mixes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 333-346"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Lithium from clay: Assessing the environmental impacts of extraction","authors":"Venkat Roy ,&nbsp;Mariappan Parans Paranthaman ,&nbsp;Fu Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) sector in the United States (US) is expected to drive up the demand for lithium, a critical element for EV batteries. Lithium-rich clays in the Nevada desert emerge as a prospective US-based domestic source. This study employs Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to examine the environmental aspects of extracting lithium from this source. Among the two evaluated routes, acid leaching was more energy-efficient (35 MJ/kg LCE (Lithium Carbonate Equivalent) than roasting (200 MJ/kg LCE), based on pilot plant data. When compared to conventional methods like spodumene-based extraction, acid leaching shows reductions across almost every category, with notable decreases in high-magnitude impacts like Global Warming (48 %), Freshwater Ecotoxicity (15 %), and Smog (69 %). Water consumption is the only category that increases, rising by 79 %. Insights from this study on upstream impacts of lithium from clay could help inform sourcing decisions downstream, in the battery and EV sector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 324-332"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An interlinked dynamic model of timber and carbon stocks in Japan's wooden houses and plantation forests","authors":"Naho Yamashita ,&nbsp;Tomer Fishman ,&nbsp;Chihiro Kayo ,&nbsp;Hiroki Tanikawa","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carbon absorption in growing trees is an important element of a carbon-neutral society, and the long-term storage of carbon stocks is a crucial sustainability challenge. Previous studies have focused on either live-biomass carbon stocks in plantation forests or anthropogenic carbon stocks in man-made objects. For a comprehensive nature-based climate solution, an analytical framework, dataset, and scenario setup for modeling the interrelationship between timber supply and demand are required. This study developed an interlinked material flow analysis model in which the timber demand for wooden houses is connected with timber supply from managed plantation forestry. We demonstrate the model by quantifying both live-biomass and anthropogenic carbon stocks and their potentials in Japan. We compared multiple scenario-runs of the model for wooden house demands estimated by population change with varying combinations of house types, structures, and lifespans. Our results show that carbon stocks will reach a maximum amount of 1.1 billion t-C by 2050 in a scenario of high demand for wooden detached houses with lifespan extensions. On the other hand, we also found that the aging of plantation forests and their reduced carbon-stocking capacities appear inevitable in any scenario owing to the limited demand for timber. Notably, despite the widely different settings of the various scenarios, our results exhibited narrow variances in future potential carbon storage in Japan. This can be explained by the unique population characteristics and building demographics of Japan. These counterintuitive findings highlight the need for interrelated modeling of the forestry and construction sectors. Our model and its scope are versatile and applicable to other case study areas, estimation periods, and target materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 314-323"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predicting product life cycle environmental impacts with machine learning: Uncertainties and implications for future reporting requirements","authors":"Julian Baehr ,&nbsp;Anish Koyamparambath ,&nbsp;Eduardo Dos Reis ,&nbsp;Steffi Weyand ,&nbsp;Carsten Binnig ,&nbsp;Liselotte Schebek ,&nbsp;Guido Sonnemann","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the introduction of the European Green Deal, companies must increasingly report the environmental impacts of their products using life cycle assessment methodology. Since the number of products in a company's portfolio can include thousands of different products, there is an urgent need for faster ways to estimate impact hotspots and to ultimately obtain adequate inventories. In recent years machine learning (ML) has emerged as a promising strategy to tackle cost- and resource-prohibitive accounting practices. However, to be practically applied, new concepts must not only be built on a large data basis allowing to predict diverse products with varying reference flows, but they must also ensure high data quality by reflecting different types of uncertainties. Therefore, in this publication we pursued three distinct objectives: building on digitized environmental product declarations, we first predicted life cycle environmental impacts with artificial neural networks (ANN) and second performed an in-depth characterization of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis methods to identify which methods can analyze what uncertainty types. Based on this analysis, we chose residual Gaussian Process Regression (rGPR) as suitable uncertainty analysis method and employed, in a third step, an advanced ANN-rGPR hybrid model to quantify associated model uncertainties. While our final model derived high prediction performances and low model uncertainties across a large impact range, we conclude that the practical use of ML-based predictions remains limited, as long as reported product disclosures lack critical modeling specifications. However, if future reporting requirements comprehensively demanded such information, ML models could conceptually incorporate this information, thereby not only substantially improving the data quality but also the feasibility of practical implementation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142704615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of current practices of life cycle assessment in electric mobility: A first step towards method harmonization","authors":"Hazem Eltohamy ,&nbsp;Lauran van Oers ,&nbsp;Julia Lindholm ,&nbsp;Marco Raugei ,&nbsp;Kadambari Lokesh ,&nbsp;Joris Baars ,&nbsp;Jana Husmann ,&nbsp;Nikolas Hill ,&nbsp;Robert Istrate ,&nbsp;Davis Jose ,&nbsp;Fredrik Tegstedt ,&nbsp;Antoine Beylot ,&nbsp;Pascal Menegazzi ,&nbsp;Jeroen Guinée ,&nbsp;Bernhard Steubing","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.10.026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.10.026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It is widely acknowledged that unharmonized methodological and data choices in life cycle assessments (LCAs) can limit comparability and complicate decision-making, ultimately hindering their effectiveness in guiding the rapid transition to electric mobility in Europe. The electric mobility sector aims to harmonize these assumptions and choices to improve comparability and better support decision-making. To support these efforts, this article aims to review the LCA practices across various sources in order to identify where key differences in assumptions, methodological approaches, and data selection occur in relevant LCA topics. In addition to this primary objective, we highlight certain practices that could serve as starting points for ongoing harmonization attempts, pointing out topics where it is challenging to do so. Our results showed that cradle-to-grave system boundary is the most commonly adopted in vehicle and traction battery LCAs, with maintenance and capital goods often excluded. The distance-based functional unit is dominant. Choices in Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) showed the greatest diversity and need for harmonization. Data quality and availability vary significantly by life cycle stage, with no standardized data collection approach in place. A lack of primary data is most prominent in the raw material acquisition and end of life (EoL) life cycle stages. Electricity consumption is a key topic in the EV sector, with major debates surrounding location-based versus market-based and static versus dynamic modeling. Multifunctionality problems are vaguely defined and resolved in the literature. For EoL multifunctionality, cut-off and avoided burden are prevalent, while allocation is common upstream. Impact assessments primarily follow the ReCiPe and CML-IA methods, with climate change, acidification, photochemical ozone formation, and eutrophication being the most reported impact categories. Systematic uncertainty propagation is rare in interpretations, with sensitivity analyses typically focusing on energy consumption, total mileage, and battery recycling rates. Overall, the review showed a big variation in assumptions and choices in EV LCA studies, particularly in the LCI stage. Among the discussed topics, we identified multifunctionality and electricity modeling as particularly contentious.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 299-313"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risks impeding sustainable energy transition related to metals mining","authors":"Nannan Wang,&nbsp;Junlin Hao,&nbsp;Minghui Liu,&nbsp;Naixiao Cui","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable energy transition is essential for global climate change mitigation, requiring substantial amounts of metals to support clean energy technologies. However, a key challenge is ensuring the stable metals mining operations while achieving economic viability, social benefits, and environmental responsibilities. Through a comprehensive literature review, this study identifies 30 risks impeding sustainable energy transition related to metals mining at two levels: the micro level risk and the macro level risk. A cross-evaluation method, by considering literature analysis and expert assessments, is proposed to develop a framework of 15 key risks. The findings reveal inappropriate classification in current literature, as the causes, consequences, and certain objective facts of risk events have been categorized as risks by academics. Additionally, there exist conflicting opinions between academics and practitioners on the key risks. Based on the findings, a multi-stakeholder governance approach is proposed to effectively mitigate these key risks and ensure the sustainable energy transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 228-238"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unveiling the potential for decarbonization of the building sector: A comparative study of technological and non-technological low-carbon strategies","authors":"Sogand Shahmohammadi,&nbsp;Marianne Pedinotti-Castelle,&nbsp;Ben Amor","doi":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There is an urgent need to mitigate carbon emissions in the building sector, particularly from existing buildings. The existing literature focuses predominantly on technological strategies such as low-carbon materials. This prompts the question: Can technological strategies alone drive the decarbonization of buildings, or are non-technological strategies also essential? Although recent research considers the benefits of the latter, studies assessing the potential of non-technological strategies for decarbonization of buildings are lacking because of the challenges involved in evaluating the indirect impacts and potential trade-offs associated with these strategies such as their ripple effects on mobility. This study pioneers a comparative assessment to evaluate the environmental mitigation potential of non-technological strategies (adaptation, a subset of the sharing economy, and behavioral changes) against technological strategies (low-carbon materials, retrofitting, and recycled materials) to ascertain the effectiveness of non-technological approaches. Through life cycle assessment, this study extends beyond solely evaluating the GHG reduction potential to assess the overall environmental mitigation capacity. A single-family house in Montreal was used as a reference scenario. With significant mitigation potential observed from a non-technological perspective, the results robustly reveal that the adaptation scenario surpasses all scenarios, including retrofitting, which is the primary mitigation strategy for existing buildings, by up to 50 % and 41 % at the midpoint and damage levels, respectively. Furthermore, the adaptation scenario potentially provides sufficiency by saving considerable amounts of material and energy, thereby alleviating the environmental impact of the production and use stages by up to 27 % and 15 %, respectively. This study also evaluates the combined effects of adaptation and retrofitting for existing buildings, revealing by up to 8 % greater environmental benefits at the midpoint and damage levels than in the adaptation scenario individually. These results highlight the potential of non-technological strategies that are currently overlooked in the building sector. However, their implementation requires fewer resources and less energy than technological changes. Therefore, further investigation is warranted to explore how adopting these strategies, along with technological ones, is advantageous.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48619,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Production and Consumption","volume":"52 ","pages":"Pages 268-282"},"PeriodicalIF":10.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}