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dc.contributor.authorKanemoto, Keiichiro
dc.contributor.authorLenzen, Manfred
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Glen Philip
dc.contributor.authorMoran, Daniel D.
dc.contributor.authorGeschke, A
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-18T11:03:35Z
dc.date.available2021-06-18T11:03:35Z
dc.date.created2012-05-07T09:22:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science and Technology. 2012, 46 (1), 172-179.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0013-936X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2760150
dc.description.abstractWhile the problem of climate change is being perceived as increasingly urgent, decision-makers struggle to agree on the distribution of responsibility across countries. In particular, representatives from countries hosting emissions-intensive exporting industries have argued that the importers of emissions-intensive goods should bear the responsibility, and ensuing penalties. Indeed, international trade and carbon leakage appear to play an increasingly important role in the carbon emissions debate. However, definitions of quantities describing the embodiment of carbon emissions in internationally traded products, and their measurement, have to be sufficiently robust before being able to underpin global policy. In this paper we critically examine a number of emissions accounting concepts, examine whether the ensuing carbon balances are compatible with monetary trade balances, discuss their different interpretations, and highlight implications for policy. In particular, we compare the emissions embodied in bilateral trade (EEBT) method which considers total trade flows with domestic emission intensities, with the multi-regional input-output (MRIO) method which considers trade only into final consumption with global emission intensities. If consumption-based emissions of different countries were to be compared, we would suggest an MRIO approach because of the global emissions coverage inherent in this method. If trade-adjusted emission inventories were to be compared, we would suggest an EEBT approach due to the consistency with a monetary trade balance.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherACS Publicationen_US
dc.titleFrameworks for Comparing Emissions Associated with Production, Consumption, And International Tradeen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionsubmittedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber172-179en_US
dc.source.volume46en_US
dc.source.journalEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/es202239t
dc.identifier.cristin923199
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 209701en_US
cristin.unitcode7475,0,0,0
cristin.unitnameCICERO Senter for klimaforskning
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