Vanessa Schweizer

Abstract Despite net-zero pledges, consensus on national responsibilities for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies is lacking. Here, we use integrated assessment modeling to examine equity-informed estimates of Canada’s remaining carbon budgets, exploring CDR’s role at net-zero and beyond. Gigaton-scale CDR efforts post-2050 are needed to address Canada’s carbon debt under various burden-sharing principles.

PLOS ONE, Jul 2023 Cross-impact balance (CIB) analysis provides a system-theoretical view of scenarios useful for investigating complex socio-economic systems. CIB can synthesize a variety of qualitative or quantitative inputs and return information suggestive of system evolution. Current software tools for CIB are limited to identifying system attractors as well as describing system evolution from only one scenario of initial conditions at a time.

Home > Engineering > Civil and Environmental Engineering > iEMSs Conference > 2022 > ONLINE_AND_POSTER_PRESENTATIONS > 7 Keywords post growth theory; blue economy; scenarios; cross impact balance; Abstract There is a need for scientific study into post-growth futures that prioritize ecological and social sustainability. The concept of sustainability brings together complex socioecological systems that prove difficult for stakeholders to implement.