eprintid: 10129074
rev_number: 21
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/12/90/74
datestamp: 2021-06-04 09:39:51
lastmod: 2022-04-16 06:11:58
status_changed: 2021-06-04 09:39:51
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Long, Y
creators_name: Guan, D
creators_name: Kanemoto, K
creators_name: Gasparatos, A
title: Negligible impacts of early COVID-19 confinement on household carbon footprints in Japan
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F37
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: The rapid and extensive changes in household consumption patterns during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic can serve as a natural experiment for exploring the environmental outcomes of changing human behavior. Here, we assess the carbon footprint of household consumption in Japan during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic (January–May 2020), which were characterized by moderate confinement measures. The associated lifestyle changes did not have a significant effect on the overall household carbon footprint compared with 2015–2019 levels. However, there were significant trade-offs between individual consumption categories such that the carbon footprint increased for some categories (e.g., eating at home) or declined (e.g., eating out, transportation, clothing, and entertainment) or remained relatively unchanged (e.g., housing) for others. Furthermore, carbon footprint patterns between age groups were largely consistent with 2015–2019 levels. However, changes in food-related carbon footprints were visible for all age groups since March and, in some cases, since February.
date: 2021-04-23
date_type: published
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.03.003
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1864447
doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.03.003
lyricists_name: Guan, Dabo
lyricists_id: DGUAN87
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: One Earth
volume: 4
number: 4
pagerange: 553-564
citation:        Long, Y;    Guan, D;    Kanemoto, K;    Gasparatos, A;      (2021)    Negligible impacts of early COVID-19 confinement on household carbon footprints in Japan.                   One Earth , 4  (4)   pp. 553-564.    10.1016/j.oneear.2021.03.003 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.03.003>.       Green open access   
 
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