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The Material and Carbon Footprint of Machinery Capital: A Dual Role in Climate Change

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The Material and Carbon Footprint of Machinery Capital: A Dual Role in Climate Change

by Meng Jiang and Edgar Hertwich Our world is increasingly mechanized, with machinery and equipment being integral to both industrial processes and our daily lives. From agricultural machines to advanced technology like graphics processors and renewable energy tools like solar panels, machinery is ubiquitous. Machinery capital is essential, yet research

COP15 to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity: Quick history and relation to ATLANTIS

COP15 to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity: Quick history and relation to ATLANTIS

Global biodiversity has declined rapidly in the past decades, the WWF’s Living Planet Report of 2022 stated that wildlife populations declined on average 69% since 1970. In light of this issue, the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) was

Sharing our research at the 14th ISIE SEM conference

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Sharing our research at the 14th ISIE SEM conference

On the 19-21 September, the Socioeconomic metabolism (SEM) section of the International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE) organized the 14th ISIE SEM conference in Vienna. Co-organized by the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna (BOKU) and TU Wien (TU), the