This study examined which socio-economic drivers contributed to energy-related CO2 emissions in Japanese households in all 47 prefectures since 1990. We adopted the logarithmic mean Divisia index technique to decompose the prefectural trends in CO2 emissions during the period 1990-2013 into six...

China’s extensive and growing CO2 emissions are linked to rapid economic development and advancing urbanization, posing serious concerns in the context of climate change. Decomposition analysis has been widely performed to identify drivers of China’s CO2 emissions. However, to date, no...

Cumulative CO2 emission is a good indicator for climate stabilization. It has recently been used in socioeconomic research dealing with climate mitigation. However, previous studies do not focus on the socioeconomic impacts of choosing different emission pathways under fixed cumulative CO2...

Cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have become a good indicator of increases in the global mean temperature. This study evaluates the relationship between cumulative CO2 emissions, their pathways, and their socioeconomic impacts. We analyzed multiple emission pathways that achieve three...

With Japan’s emphasis on domestic demand and the gradual expansion of interregional trade, indirect carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have become an important factor limiting Japan’s realization of carbon neutrality in 2050. In this study, using regional trade data, input-output analysis was...

In sub-Saharan African countries, exposure to air pollutants, such as particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), in the residential sector is a serious environmental issue, which causes health problems. Identifying the driving factors of such air pollutants is significant to formulate policies to reduce...

Although much uncertainty exists in simulating future climate profiles with earth system models (ESMs), it has not been evaluated in relation to socioeconomic aspects. In this study, we analyze the socioeconomic impact of three emission pathways, all of which possibly achieve 4.5 W/m2 of...