Decoupling Global Environmental Pressure

Running head: NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
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Schandl, H., Hatfield-Dodds, S., Wiedmann, T., Geschke, A., Cai, Y., West, J., ... & Owen, A. (2016).
Decoupling global environmental pressure and economic growth: scenarios for energy use, materials use and
carbon emissions. Journal of cleaner production, 132, 45-56. Retrieved from:
http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/92268/13/Owen%20Journal%20of%20Cleaner%20Production
%202015%20AAM.pdf?source=post_page---------------------------
Summary
The study aimed at identifying the possibilities that the well defined policy holds towards making a
reduction in the global resource, energy use and carbon emissions, with minimal impacts on the current
living standards of the people. The growing population and the greater utility of the natural resources in the
prior’s development over the years have resulted to loss of non- renewable sources with greater impact on the
atmosphere. The research made use of different models in identifying the global resource use and the manner
in which the policies have brought about changes in the context of resource use, carbon emissions, pollution
and the like. The overall data for research was collected from different data bases and a trend analysis was
undertaken until 2050. The analysis of the different findings enabled in recognizing that the policies have a
significant impact on the consumption of resources which is being reflected through the global trend analysis.
Reflection
I believe that the trend analysis that the research portrayed was unclear and the methods chapter was
briefly discussed. The unclear version of the methodology created confusion while I was going through the
paper. However, the literature review created a dynamic concept which equivocated between the capability
and incapability of policies in relation to global environmental sustenance. I believe that the research could
have used an in-depth interview of few members of an environmental protection agency. The interviews
would have helped in developing in- depth cognition on the subject area and identify the manner in which the
policies affect the practices.