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1. Climate change mitigation potential of community-based initiatives in Europe

Author:
Landholm, David M.; Holsten, Anne; Martellozzo, Federico; Reusser, Dominik E.; Kropp, Jürgen P.
Source:
Regional environmental change 2019 v.19 no.4 pp. 927-938
ISSN:
1436-3798
Subject:
carbon footprint; climate change; emissions factor; empirical research; energy; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; organic foods; pollution control; public services and goods; social cohesion; transportation; wastes; Europe
Abstract:
... There is a growing recognition that a transition to a sustainable low-carbon society is urgently needed. This transition takes place at multiple and complementary scales, including bottom-up approaches such as community-based initiatives (CBIs). However, empirical research on CBIs has focused until now on anecdotal evidence and little work has been done to quantitatively assess their impact in ter ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10113-018-1428-1