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Curbing global solid waste emissions toward net-zero warming futures

Hoy, Z,X.; Woon, K.S.; Chin, W.C.; Van, Y.V.; Yoo, S.J.

Original Title

Curbing global solid waste emissions toward net-zero warming futures

English Title

Curbing global solid waste emissions toward net-zero warming futures

Type

WoS Article

Original Abstract

No global analysis has considered the warming that could be averted through improved solid waste management and how much that could contribute to meeting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5° and 2°C pathway goals or the terms of the Global Methane Pledge. With our estimated global solid waste generation of 2.56 to 3.33 billion tonnes by 2050, implementing abrupt technical and behavioral changes could result in a net-zero warming solid waste system relative to 2020, leading to 11 to 27 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide warming–equivalent emissions under the temperature limits. These changes, however, require accelerated adoption within 9 to 17 years (by 2033 to 2041) to align with the Global Methane Pledge. Rapidly reducing methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions is necessary to maximize the short-term climate benefits and stop the ongoing temperature rise.

English abstract

No global analysis has considered the warming that could be averted through improved solid waste management and how much that could contribute to meeting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5° and 2°C pathway goals or the terms of the Global Methane Pledge. With our estimated global solid waste generation of 2.56 to 3.33 billion tonnes by 2050, implementing abrupt technical and behavioral changes could result in a net-zero warming solid waste system relative to 2020, leading to 11 to 27 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide warming–equivalent emissions under the temperature limits. These changes, however, require accelerated adoption within 9 to 17 years (by 2033 to 2041) to align with the Global Methane Pledge. Rapidly reducing methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions is necessary to maximize the short-term climate benefits and stop the ongoing temperature rise.

Keywords

carbon dioxide; methane; nitrous oxide; international agreement; methane; solid waste; warming; waste management

Key words in English

carbon dioxide; methane; nitrous oxide; international agreement; methane; solid waste; warming; waste management

Authors

Hoy, Z,X.; Woon, K.S.; Chin, W.C.; Van, Y.V.; Yoo, S.J.

RIV year

2024

Released

17.11.2023

Publisher

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005

Location

AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE1200 NEW YORK AVE, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005

ISBN

0036-8075

Periodical

SCIENCE

Volume

6672

Number

382

State

United States of America

Pages from

797

Pages to

800

Pages count

4

URL

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg3177

BibTex

@article{BUT187964,
  author="Hoy, Z,X. and Woon, K.S. and Chin, W.C. and Van, Y.V. and Yoo, S.J.",
  title="Curbing global solid waste emissions toward net-zero warming futures",
  journal="SCIENCE",
  year="2023",
  volume="6672",
  number="382",
  pages="797--800",
  doi="10.1126/science.adg3177",
  issn="0036-8075",
  url="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg3177"
}