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Quarterly Research Reviews

Every quarter, the Aspen Global Change Institute writes a Research Review on select scientific articles recently published on groundbreaking topics of global change research. We publish an archive of these summaries below for educational purposes, each with accompanying links to related AGCI talks and publications. Enjoy!

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Energy justice: a complex but vital piece to a clean energy transition
by Emily Jack-Scott, Aspen Global Change Institute

December 2019 Quarterly Research Review

The global energy system of the future will look drastically different than it does today. Energy sources, markets, grids, governance structures: every dimension of the energy system is already undergoing rapid changes. While the challenges posed by the pace and scale of this transformation are immense, so too are the opportunities for environmental sustainability, economic gain, and social well-being. Of all the potential co-benefits of a low carbon energy system, one that is not necessarily assured is energy justice. If this important component is overlooked, our future energy system has the potential to exacerbate existing inequities or create new ones. But if done with intention, this can be a rare and vital opportunity to amend structures that have long inflicted damages and injustice on communities and ecosystems around the world. In so doing, we can create a far more robust and equitable energy system, while bypassing opposition and friction to a clean energy transition.

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Published Date:
December 15, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Using Total Worker Health to Address Climate's Impact on Workers
Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role of Business in Worker Health
Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Fruit and Vegetable Productivity and Consumption are Needed to Achieve Global Nutrition Security
Buy Clean: Utilizing Public Procurement to Drive Down Emissions from Energy Intensive Manufacturing
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Energy justice: a complex but vital piece to a clean energy transition

by Emily Jack-Scott, Aspen Global Change Institute

December 2019 Quarterly Research Review
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Negative Emission Technologies and Land Use
by John Katzenberger, Aspen Global Change Institute

December 2019 Quarterly Research Review

Given the aspirations of the Paris Accord, the challenge facing humanity can be expressed in simple terms: halve annual CO2 emissions by 2030, halve them again by 2040, and again by 2050. The difficulty of the task goes up the longer peak emissions are delayed, as does the ultimate amount of negative emissions needed by 2100. Negative Emissions Technologies (NET) are a suite of technologies that can draw down CO2 from the atmosphere and by use or storage keep it from reentering the air. This simplistic prescription of halving annual emissions pencils out to reducing the 40 billion tons of CO2 (GtCO2) emitted today in each decade: first to 20, then to 10, and finally to 5 GtCO2. The final 5 GtCO2 offset by reducing land use emissions to zero and ramping up CO2 removal to 5 GtCO2 – all happening in about 30 years.

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Published Date:
December 15, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Exploiting the Negative Emissions of BECCS to Enlarge the Carbon Mitigation Prospects for Transportation (via Synfuels Produced Using Biomass with CCS), and Help Get the Faltering CCS Enterprise Back on Track (via Coal/Biomass Polygeneration)
Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture Storage (BECCS)
BECCS: Silver Bullet or Silver Unicorn?
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Negative Emission Technologies and Land Use

by John Katzenberger, Aspen Global Change Institute

December 2019 Quarterly Research Review
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Direct Air Capture and Storage: Should we be driving with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake?
by John Katzenberger, Aspen Global Change Institute

September 2019 Quarterly Research Review

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Published Date:
September 15, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Direct Air Capture
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Direct Air Capture and Storage: Should we be driving with one foot on the gas and the other on the brake?

by John Katzenberger, Aspen Global Change Institute

September 2019 Quarterly Research Review
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Electrifying the Building Sector: Recent research perspectives on available technologies, policies, and mitigation strategies
by Emily Jack-Scott, Aspen Global Change Institute

September 2019 Quarterly Research Review

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Published Date:
September 15, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Capacity and Energy Requirements for a Low-Carbon Transportation System (Non-Electrifiable Transportation Demand: Ships, Aircraft, Long-Distance Trucks)
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Electrifying the Building Sector: Recent research perspectives on available technologies, policies, and mitigation strategies

by Emily Jack-Scott, Aspen Global Change Institute

September 2019 Quarterly Research Review
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Developing Low-Emission Technologies for the Chemical Industry: A perspective from within the industry
by Brigitta Huckestein (BASF)

June 2019 Quarterly Research Review - Guest Perspective

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Published Date:
June 30, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Opportunities in Chemical Manufacturing
An Industry Perspective on Global Change Issues
Industry Sector Decarbonization
Achieving 2 Degree C, What More Can We Do in Industry?
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Developing Low-Emission Technologies for the Chemical Industry: A perspective from within the industry

by Brigitta Huckestein (BASF)

June 2019 Quarterly Research Review - Guest Perspective
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Sharing Our Hopes, Fears, and Solutions to Solve Climate Change While Creating a Better Society: The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Design Framework
by Chris Bataille (IDDRI.org)

June 2019 Quarterly Research Review

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Published Date:
June 30, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Generic technology and policy options for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions heavy industry
Technical Innovation for Industrial Decarbonization
Sky: Decarbonizing the Industrial Sector
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Sharing Our Hopes, Fears, and Solutions to Solve Climate Change While Creating a Better Society: The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Design Framework

by Chris Bataille (IDDRI.org)

June 2019 Quarterly Research Review
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Sea level rise: The past as an indicator of the future
by John Katzenberger

March 2019 Quarterly Research Review

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Published Date:
March 15, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Sea Level Rise Projections
Global Warming & Rising Sea Level: Beachfront in Kansas?
Cultural Perceptions of Climate Change & Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies in Maryland and North Carolina
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Sea level rise: The past as an indicator of the future

by John Katzenberger

March 2019 Quarterly Research Review
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Self-Driving Vehicles and the Environment
By guest authors Morteza Taiebat and Ming Xu, University of Michigan

March 2019 Quarterly Research Review

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Published Date:
March 15, 2019
Related AGCI Library Item:
Grid-Integrated Electric Vehicles: Enough Storage for Scale Variable Generation
Fueling Transportation in the 21st Century
Capacity and Energy Requirements for a Low-Carbon Transportation System (Non-Electrifiable Transportation Demand: Ships, Aircraft, Long-Distance Trucks)
Vehicle to Grid (V2G)
Transportation (Life Cycle Analysis of Electric vs. Gas)
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Self-Driving Vehicles and the Environment

By guest authors Morteza Taiebat and Ming Xu, University of Michigan

March 2019 Quarterly Research Review
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The role of managed retreat in adapting to sea level rise
By guest authors Katharine J. Mach and Miyuki Hino, Stanford University

December 2018 Quarterly Research Review

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Published Date:
December 15, 2018
Related AGCI Library Item:
Sea Level Rise Projections
Global Warming & Rising Sea Level: Beachfront in Kansas?
Cultural Perceptions of Climate Change & Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategies in Maryland and North Carolina
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The role of managed retreat in adapting to sea level rise

By guest authors Katharine J. Mach and Miyuki Hino, Stanford University

December 2018 Quarterly Research Review
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Improving risk assessment of extreme events across past, present, and future
December 2018 Quarterly Research Review

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Published Date:
December 15, 2018
Related AGCI Library Item:
Walter Orr Roberts Memorial Public Lecture: From Droughts to Floods & Back Again? Learning and Adapting in an Uncertain Climate
Review of Data Changes in Extreme Events
An Extreme Climate Event in Nepal and its Implications for a Climate Change Regime
A 50-Year Strugle with Extremes: Observations about Some Key Issued Involving Data, Analysis, Proofs, and Outlooks
Evaluation of Insurance Data and What it Can Tell Us About Extremes
Temperature and Precipitation Extremes
Regional Variations in Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Trends in the US
Climate Change, Extremes and Adaptive Management: The Colorado River
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Improving risk assessment of extreme events across past, present, and future

December 2018 Quarterly Research Review

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