What can we learn from consumption-based carbon footprints at different spatial scales? Review of policy implications
Background : Current climate change mitigation policies, including the Paris Agreement, are based on territorial greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. This neglects the understanding of GHG emissions embodied in trade. As a solution, consumption-based accounting (CBA) that reveals the lifecycle emissions...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2019-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2212 |