Eco-efficiency limits of product technologies towards achieving science-based targets

Sepideh Moshrefi; Sami Kara; Michael Hauschild

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.139

Eco-efficiency limits of product technologies towards achieving science-based targets

Sepideh Moshrefi^*
, Sami Kara
, Michael Hauschild

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Technology, Management and Economics

University of New South Wales

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Science-based-targets (SBTs) have been introduced to guide companies to reduce their Greenhouse Gas emissions in line with the level of decarbonization required to keep average global atmospheric temperature increase well below 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels. SBTs seeks to decouple economic growth and emissions to achieve the greenhouse gas emission target of zero by 2050. This paper first investigates the eco-efficiency improvement required for various product technologies to achieve SBTs, considering market growth. Afterwards, it investigates the eco-efficiency limits of these product technologies and identifies where system innovation is required to achieve the required emission reduction while providing product functionality.

Original language	English
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	98
Pages (from-to)	488-493
Number of pages	6
ISSN	2212-8271
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.139
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	28th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering - Jaipur, India Duration: 10 Mar 2021 → 12 Mar 2021 Conference number: 28

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Conference	28th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
Number	28
Country/Territory	India
City	Jaipur
Period	10/03/2021 → 12/03/2021

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 13 Climate Action

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