Roberto Schaeffer

TL;DR: The more stringent environmental quality specifications for oil products worldwide are tending to step up energy use and, consequently, CO 2 emissions at refineries as discussed by the authors, and two promising technology options for refineries could ease this clash in the near-to-mid term: the reduction per se of the energy use at the refinery; and the development of treatment processes using non-hydrogen consuming techniques.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse results of 220 studies projecting climate impacts on energy systems globally and at the regional scale, and propose a consistent multi-model assessment framework to support regional-to-global-scale energy planning.

TL;DR: The concept of sustainable development was adopted by the World Commission on Environment and Development, and there is agreement that sustainable development involves a comprehensive and integrated approach to economic, social, and environmental processes as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed how country-level emission targets and carbon budgets can be derived based on such criteria and showed that effort-sharing approaches that (i) calculate required reduction targets in carbon budgets (relative to baseline budgets) and/or (ii) take into account historical emissions when determining carbon budget can lead to (large) negative remaining carbon budgets for developed countries.

TL;DR: A review of trends, barriers and opportunities for technology transfer is presented in this article, where the authors highlight the importance and need for environmentally sound and long-term investment policies in industry.