Liu, Xiaochen and Sweeney, John (2012) The impacts of climate change on domestic natural gas consumption in the Greater Dublin Region. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 4 (2). pp. 161-178. ISSN 1756-8692

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Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the relationship between domestic natural gas consumption and climate change in the Greater Dublin Region.Design/methodology/approach – Based on historical climate and natural gas use data, a linear regression model was derived to estimate the impact of future climate change on natural gas consumption under different climate scenarios.Findings – Generally, under controlled socioeconomic development, the climate scenarios by Hadley model and the Ensemble GCMs are likely to decrease future natural gas consumption per capita and related CO2 emissions compared to present. These results indicate that climate change has become as one of the most important factors affecting the energy system. Originality/value – This study contributes understanding of the long-term impact of climate change on regional domestic natural gas use. It provides the national and local authorities a methodology to anticipate the potential impacts on domestic energy use and enable urban areas to maximise any benefits and minimise any losses from climate change.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the National Development Plan (NDP) under contract 2005-CD-U1-M1 as a part of the Urban Environment Project. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the Irish Meteorological Service (Met E´ireann) for the historical weather data and Bord Gais Eireann for the natural gas consumption data.
Keywords:	Climate change; Natural gas consumption; Degree day; The Greater Dublin Region; Ireland; Fuel consumption; Energy consumption;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
Item ID:	18756
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1108/17568691211223141
Depositing User:	Prof. John Sweeney
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2024 08:35
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management
Publisher:	Emerald
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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