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 document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129074/3/Guan_manuscript_v15.pdf