Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation Challenges
Since the Industrial Revolution, human economic activity and the global development of society in general have been heavily dependent on the exploitation of natural resources. The use of fossil fuels, deforestation, the drainage of wetlands, the transformation of coastal marine ecosystems, unsustain...
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| author | Nikolay V. Lobus Maria A. Knyazeva Anna F. Popova Maxim S. Kulikovskiy |
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| description | Since the Industrial Revolution, human economic activity and the global development of society in general have been heavily dependent on the exploitation of natural resources. The use of fossil fuels, deforestation, the drainage of wetlands, the transformation of coastal marine ecosystems, unsustainable land use, and many other unbalanced processes of human activity have led to an increase both in the anthropogenic emissions of climate-active gases and in their concentration in the atmosphere. It is believed that over the past ~150 years these phenomena have contributed to an increase in the global average temperature in the near-surface layer of the atmosphere by ~1 °C. Currently, the most pressing tasks facing states and scientific and civil societies are to reduce anthropogenic CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and to limit the global air temperature increase. In this regard, there is an urgent need to change existing production systems in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to sequester them. In this review, we consider up-to-date scientific approaches and innovative technologies, which may help in developing roadmaps to reduce the emissions of climate-active gases, control rising temperatures, decarbonize economies, and promote the sustainable development of society in general. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-251b250fdd7c44f6914da6bc794b4d752023-12-22T13:59:18ZengMDPI AGC2311-56292023-12-019412010.3390/c9040120Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation ChallengesNikolay V. Lobus0Maria A. Knyazeva1Anna F. Popova2Maxim S. Kulikovskiy3Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, RussiaMurmansk Arctic University, 16 Kapitana Egorova St., 183038 Murmansk, RussiaMurmansk Arctic University, 16 Kapitana Egorova St., 183038 Murmansk, RussiaTimiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, RussiaSince the Industrial Revolution, human economic activity and the global development of society in general have been heavily dependent on the exploitation of natural resources. The use of fossil fuels, deforestation, the drainage of wetlands, the transformation of coastal marine ecosystems, unsustainable land use, and many other unbalanced processes of human activity have led to an increase both in the anthropogenic emissions of climate-active gases and in their concentration in the atmosphere. It is believed that over the past ~150 years these phenomena have contributed to an increase in the global average temperature in the near-surface layer of the atmosphere by ~1 °C. Currently, the most pressing tasks facing states and scientific and civil societies are to reduce anthropogenic CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and to limit the global air temperature increase. In this regard, there is an urgent need to change existing production systems in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to sequester them. In this review, we consider up-to-date scientific approaches and innovative technologies, which may help in developing roadmaps to reduce the emissions of climate-active gases, control rising temperatures, decarbonize economies, and promote the sustainable development of society in general.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5629/9/4/120renewable energy sourcescarbon sequestrationcarbon sinkCCUS technologiesgreen carbonblue carbon |
| spellingShingle | Nikolay V. Lobus Maria A. Knyazeva Anna F. Popova Maxim S. Kulikovskiy Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation Challenges C renewable energy sources carbon sequestration carbon sink CCUS technologies green carbon blue carbon |
| title | Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation Challenges |
| title_full | Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation Challenges |
| title_short | Carbon Footprint Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation: A Review of the Approaches, Technologies, and Implementation Challenges |
| title_sort | carbon footprint reduction and climate change mitigation a review of the approaches technologies and implementation challenges |
| topic | renewable energy sources carbon sequestration carbon sink CCUS technologies green carbon blue carbon |
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