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Reference Number ES/H044086/1
Title Who emits most? An analysis of UK households' CO2 emissions and their association with socio-economic factors
Status Completed
Energy Categories Energy Efficiency(Residential and commercial) 75%;
Energy Efficiency(Transport) 25%;
Research Types Basic and strategic applied research 100%
Science and Technology Fields SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 25%;
BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science) 25%;
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Environmental dimensions) 25%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation) 25%;
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 50%;
Principal Investigator Dr MM (Milena ) Buchs
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School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Award Type Standard
Funding Source ESRC
Start Date 01 May 2011
End Date 31 July 2012
Duration 15 months
Total Grant Value £80,168
Industrial Sectors
Region South East
Programme Grants
 
Investigators Principal Investigator Dr MM (Milena ) Buchs , School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton (99.998%)
  Other Investigator Dr S V (Sylke Viola ) Schnepf , School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton (0.001%)
Dr N (Nick ) Bardsley , School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading (0.001%)
Web Site https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FH044086%2F1
Objectives
Abstract Effective emissions reduction policies are required to avoid dangerous climate change. The redistributive impacts resulting from those policies will be relevant for their public acceptability. This project first examines the distribution of CO2 emissions across UK households. Second, it will explore the potential distribution of financial burdens across UK households resulting from a range of climate change mitigation policies. Households that will be most vulnerable to CO2 reduction policies will be identified.The project will develop a household emissions dataset by combining data from the Living Cost and Food Survey with energy prices and emission factors for specific expenditure items. This database will then be used to estimate the distribution of CO2 emissions across UK households, comparing different categories of emissions (home energy, transport, indirect and total household emissions). The project will also analyse the impact of different socio-demographic factors on household CO2 emissions. In particular, we will compare the importance of different factors for low and high income households, enabling us to identify potentially vulnerable households in low income groups
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