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Dr Ajay Gambhir

Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change

Visiting Researcher
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6363a.gambhir

 
 
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Electrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Nikas:2022:10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.011,
author = {Nikas, A and Xexakis, G and Koasidis, K and Acosta-Fernandez, J and Arto, I and Calzadilla, A and Domenech, T and Gambhir, A and Giljum, S and Gonzalez-Eguino, M and Herbst, A and Ivanova, O and van, Sluisveld MAE and van, de Ven D-J and Karamaneas, A and Doukas, H},
doi = {10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.011},
journal = {Sustainable Production and Consumption},
pages = {269--277},
title = {Coupling circularity performance and climate action: from disciplinary silos to transdisciplinary modelling science},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.011},
volume = {30},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Technological breakthroughs and policy measures targeting energy efficiency and clean energy alone will not suffice to deliver Paris Agreement-compliant greenhouse gas emissions trajectories in the next decades. Strong cases have recently been made for acknowledging the decarbonisation potential lying in transforming linear economic models into closed-loop industrial ecosystems and in shifting lifestyle patterns towards this direction. This perspective highlights the research capacity needed to inform on the role and potential of the circular economy for climate change mitigation and to enhance the scientific capabilities to quantitatively explore their synergies and trade-offs. This begins with establishing conceptual and methodological bridges amongst the relevant and currently fragmented research communities, thereby allowing an interdisciplinary integration and assessment of circularity, decarbonisation, and sustainable development. Following similar calls for science in support of climate action, a transdisciplinary scientific agenda is needed to co-create the goals and scientific processes underpinning the transition pathways towards a circular, net-zero economy with representatives from policy, industry, and civil society. Here, it is argued that such integration of disciplines, methods, and communities can then lead to new and/or structurally enhanced quantitative systems models that better represent critical industrial value chains, consumption patterns, and mitigation technologies. This will be a crucial advancement towards assessing the material implications of, and the contribution of enhanced circularity performance to, mitigation pathways that are compatible with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement and the transition to a circular economy.
AU  - Nikas,A
AU  - Xexakis,G
AU  - Koasidis,K
AU  - Acosta-Fernandez,J
AU  - Arto,I
AU  - Calzadilla,A
AU  - Domenech,T
AU  - Gambhir,A
AU  - Giljum,S
AU  - Gonzalez-Eguino,M
AU  - Herbst,A
AU  - Ivanova,O
AU  - van,Sluisveld MAE
AU  - van,de Ven D-J
AU  - Karamaneas,A
AU  - Doukas,H
DO  - 10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.011
EP  - 277
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2352-5509
SP  - 269
TI  - Coupling circularity performance and climate action: from disciplinary silos to transdisciplinary modelling science
T2  - Sustainable Production and Consumption
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.011
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000789402300016&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352550921003584?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/97689
VL  - 30
ER  -
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