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Emergy analysis for addressing the complexity of climate actions

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this Commentary, we advocate the use of emergy (spelled with “m”) analysis to address and quantify – alongside with the scientific ones – the legal and social aspects that take part in the planning of climate policies and actions. Emergy analysis is suitable to approach the complexity of both local and global climate-related issues, offering a peculiar epistemology that overcomes the anthropocentric nature of current measures. At the same time, it allows the assessment of both nature and human-based flows of resources within a thermodynamic quantitative framework.

Source: npj Climate Action

DOI: 10.1038/s44168-025-00293-8

Authors: Francesco Gonella, Silvia Bagni, Michele Carducci, Luigi Conte

Institutions: Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Bologna, University of Salento

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,340