Negligible impacts of early COVID-19 confinement on household carbon footprints in Japan.
decarbonization
greenhouse gas emissions
input-output analysis
natural experiment
Journal
One earth (Cambridge, Mass.)
ISSN: 2590-3322
Titre abrégé: One Earth
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101772818
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Apr 2021
23 Apr 2021
Historique:
received:
30
08
2020
revised:
01
03
2021
accepted:
24
03
2021
entrez:
2
5
2022
pubmed:
3
5
2022
medline:
3
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The rapid and extensive changes in household consumption patterns during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can serve as a natural experiment for exploring the environmental outcomes of changing human behavior. Here, we assess the carbon footprint of household consumption in Japan during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic (January-May 2020), which were characterized by moderate confinement measures. The associated lifestyle changes did not have a significant effect on the overall household carbon footprint compared with 2015-2019 levels. However, there were significant trade-offs between individual consumption categories such that the carbon footprint increased for some categories (e.g., eating at home) or declined (e.g., eating out, transportation, clothing, and entertainment) or remained relatively unchanged (e.g., housing) for others. Furthermore, carbon footprint patterns between age groups were largely consistent with 2015-2019 levels. However, changes in food-related carbon footprints were visible for all age groups since March and, in some cases, since February.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35497090
doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.03.003
pii: S2590-3322(21)00177-9
pmc: PMC9033312
doi:
Banques de données
figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.14211989.v1']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
553-564Informations de copyright
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.
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