1. Quantitative Assessment Method for Supporting Scenario Workshops toward Sustainable Consumption and Production
- Author
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Yusuke Kishita, Sota Onozuka, Mitsutaka Matsumoto, Yasushi Umeda, and Michikazu Kojima
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0209 industrial biotechnology ,Vision ,Computer science ,02 engineering and technology ,Linkage (mechanical) ,010501 environmental sciences ,Environmental economics ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,020901 industrial engineering & automation ,law ,Quantitative assessment ,Key (cryptography) ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Sustainable consumption ,Production (economics) ,MathematicsofComputing_DISCRETEMATHEMATICS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is a key to envisioning the desirable linkage between consumers and producers for transforming the mass production paradigm. The authors have proposed a method for designing scenarios to describe visions and pathways for SCP. This paper proposes a method for quantifying scenarios using expert workshops to clarify effective SCP measures. That is, we develop a simplified model to help workshop participants execute iterative cycles of changing parameter values and evaluate the environmental effects of SCP measures. In a case study, a scenario for Vietnam was quantified to extract conditions for halving CO2 emissions in 2050.
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- 2021