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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab8429
	A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part I: Bibliometric and conceptual mapping
	Wiedenhofer D.; Virág D.; Kalt G.; Plank B.; Streeck J.; Pichler M.; Mayer A.; Krausmann F.; Brockway P.; Schaffartzik A.; Fishman T.; Hausknost D.; Leon-Gruchalski B.; Sousa T.; Creutzig F.; Haberl H.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:6
英文摘要	As long as economic growth is a major political goal, decoupling growth from resource use and emissions is a prerequisite for a sustainable net-zero emissions future. However, empirical evidence for absolute decoupling, i.e. decreasing resource use and emissions at the required scale despite continued economic growth, is scarce and scattered across different research streams. In this two-part systematic review, we assess how and to what extent decoupling has been observed and what can be learnt for addressing the sustainability and climate crisis. Based on a transparent approach, we systematically identify and screen more than 11 500 scientific papers, eventually analyzing full texts of 835 empirical studies on the relationship between economic growth (GDP), resource use (materials and energy) and greenhouse gas emissions. Part I of the review examines how decoupling has been investigated across three research streams: Energy, materials and energy, and emissions. Part II synthesizes the empirical evidence and policy implications (Haberl et al 2020 Environ. Res. Lett. 15 065003). In part I, we examine the topical, temporal and geographical scopes, methods of analysis, institutional networks and prevalent conceptual angles. We find that in this rapidly growing literature, the vast majority of studies-decomposition, 'causality' and Environmental Kuznets Curve analysis- A pproach the topic from a statistical-econometric point of view, while hardly acknowledging thermodynamic principles on the role of energy and materials for socio-economic activities. A potentially fundamental incompatibility between economic growth and systemic societal changes to address the climate crisis is rarely considered. We conclude that the existing wealth of empirical evidence merits braver conceptual advances than we have seen thus far. Future work should focus on comprehensive multi-indicator long-term analyses, conceptually grounded on the fundamental biophysical basis of socio-economic activities, incorporating the role of global supply chains as well as the wider societal role and preconditions of economic growth. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	decarbonization; decoupling; degrowth; dematerialization; Environmental Kuznets Curve; green growth; socio-economic metabolism
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Public policy; Supply chains; Sustainable development; Conceptual mapping; Empirical studies; Environmental Kuznets curves; Global supply chain; Long term analysis; Methods of analysis; Policy implications; Systematic Review; Economic analysis; conceptual framework; econometrics; economic growth; emission control; empirical analysis; greenhouse gas; Gross Domestic Product; Kuznets curve; literature review; research work; resource use; sustainability; thermodynamics
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154015
作者单位	Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; School of Sustainability, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Herzliya, Israel; Institute of Safety and Risk Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Mercator Institute for the Global Commons (MCC), Berlin, Germany; Institute of Social Change and Sustainability, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria; Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain; Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wiedenhofer D.,Virág D.,Kalt G.,et al. A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part I: Bibliometric and conceptual mapping[J],2020,15(6).
APA	Wiedenhofer D..,Virág D..,Kalt G..,Plank B..,Streeck J..,...&Haberl H..(2020).A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part I: Bibliometric and conceptual mapping.Environmental Research Letters,15(6).
MLA	Wiedenhofer D.,et al."A systematic review of the evidence on decoupling of GDP, resource use and GHG emissions, part I: Bibliometric and conceptual mapping".Environmental Research Letters 15.6(2020).