气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Pathways to carbon-neutral cities prior to a national policy

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DOI	10.3390/su12062445
	Pathways to carbon-neutral cities prior to a national policy
	Laine J.; Heinonen J.; Junnila S.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	20711050
卷号	12 期号:6
英文摘要	Some cities have set carbon neutrality targets prior to national or state-wide neutrality targets, which makes the shift to carbon neutrality more difficult, as the surrounding system does not support this. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate different options for a progressive city to reach carbon neutrality in energy prior to the surrounding system. The study followed the C40 Cities definition of a carbon-neutral city and used the City of Vantaa in Finland as a progressive case aiming for carbon neutrality by 2030, five years before the national target for carbon neutrality. The study mapped the carbon neutrality process based on City documents and national statistics, and validated it through process-owner interviews. It was identified that most of the measures in the carbon neutrality process were actually outside the jurisdiction of the City, which outsources the responsibility for the majority of carbon neutrality actions to either private properties or national actors with broader boundaries. The only major measure in the City's direct control was the removal of carbon emissions from municipal district heat production, which potentially represent 30% of the City's reported carbon emissions and 58% of its energy-related carbon emissions. Interestingly, the City owns electricity production capacity within and beyond the city borders, but it doesn't allocate it for itself. Allocation would significantly increase the control over the City's own actions regarding carbon neutrality. Thus, it is proposed that cities aiming for carbon neutrality should promote and advance allocable carbon-free energy production, regardless of geographical location, as one of the central methods of achieving carbon neutrality. © 2020 by the authors.
英文关键词	C40 Cities; Carbon neutral cities; GHG Protocol; Greenhouse gas emissions; Sustainable built environment
scopus关键词	carbon emission; electricity; environmental economics; greenhouse gas; sustainability; sustainable development; urban area; Finland; Uusimaa; Vantaa
来源期刊	Sustainability (Switzerland)
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/176663
作者单位	Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering, Aalto University, Aalto, 00076, Finland; Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 107, Iceland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Laine J.,Heinonen J.,Junnila S.. Pathways to carbon-neutral cities prior to a national policy[J],2020,12(6).
APA	Laine J.,Heinonen J.,&Junnila S..(2020).Pathways to carbon-neutral cities prior to a national policy.Sustainability (Switzerland),12(6).
MLA	Laine J.,et al."Pathways to carbon-neutral cities prior to a national policy".Sustainability (Switzerland) 12.6(2020).