The influence of the global electric power system on terrestrial biodiversity.

ABSTRACT: Given its total contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, the global electric power sector will be required to undergo a fundamental transformation over the next decades to limit anthropogenic climate change to below 2 °C. Implications for biodiversity of projected structural changes in the global electric power sector are rarely considered beyond those explicitly linked to climate change. This study uses a spatially explicit consumption-based accounting framework to examine the impact of demand for electric power on terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity globally. We demonstrate that the biodiversity footprint of the electric power sector is primarily within the territory where final demand for electric power resides, although there are substantial regional differences, with Europe displacin

SUBMITTER: Holland RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6926011 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature