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ReviewEnvironmental chemistry letters2022

Strategies to achieve a carbon neutral society: a review.

Lin Chen, Goodluck Msigwa, Mingyu Yang, Ahmed I Osman, Samer Fawzy, David W Rooney, Pow-Seng Yap

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Review in Environmental chemistry letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Lin ChenDepartment of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123 China.
Goodluck MsigwaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123 China.
Mingyu YangDepartment of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123 China.
Ahmed I OsmanSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, David Keir Building, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, Northern Ireland, Belfast, BT9 5AG UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2788-7839
Samer FawzySchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, David Keir Building, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, Northern Ireland, Belfast, BT9 5AG UK.
David W RooneySchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, David Keir Building, Queen's University Belfast, Stranmillis Road, Northern Ireland, Belfast, BT9 5AG UK.
Pow-Seng YapDepartment of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123 China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing global industrialization and over-exploitation of fossil fuels has induced the release of greenhouse gases, leading to an increase in global temperature and causing environmental issues. There is therefore an urgent necessity to reach net-zero carbon emissions. Only 4.5% of countries have achieved carbon neutrality, and most countries are still planning to do so by 2050-2070. Moreover, synergies between different countries have hampered synergies between adaptation and mitigation policies, as well as their co-benefits. Here, we present a strategy to reach a carbon neutral economy by examining the outcome goals of the 26th summit of the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26). Methods have been designed for mapping carbon emissions, such as input-output models, spatial systems, geographic information system maps, light detection and ranging techniques, and logarithmic mean divisia. We present decarbonization technologies and initiatives, and negative emissions technologies, and we discuss carbon trading and carbon tax. We propose plans for carbon neutrality such as shifting away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy, and the development of low-carbon technologies, low-carbon agriculture, changing dietary habits and increasing the value of food and agricultural waste. Developing resilient buildings and cities, introducing decentralized energy systems, and the electrification of the transportation sector is also necessary. We also review the life cycle analysis of carbon neutral systems.

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Carbon emissionsCarbon neutralityCarbon neutral systemLife cycle analysisNet-zero carbon planWorldwide initiatives

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PMID35431715
PMCPMC8992416

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