Journal
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
Volume 146, Issue -, Pages 574-587Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.12.020
Keywords
Embodied emission; GHG accounting; Producer responsibility; Consumer responsibility; Shared responsibility; Input-output analysis
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2016YFA0602700, 2012CB955804]
- National Social Science Foundation of China [14CGJ025]
- National Science Foundation of China [41201594]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This paper explores the characteristics of embodied CO2 emissions from the perspective of carbon inflows, carbon outflows, and the net effects, at both an aggregate and bilateral scale. We identify several important relationships in bilateral carbon flows, including China-EU, China-USA, Russia-EU, and China-Japan, which make China and Russia the largest carbon exporters and the EU and the USA the largest carbon importers. A further investigation of the sectors contributing to carbon flows shows that exports from the mineral, chemicals, metals, oil, transport, and other manufacturing sectors are the main cause of carbon outflows, while the intermediate inputs of the electricity and transport sectors are the primary cause of carbon outflows due to export production. Moreover, we propose an intensity-based shared responsibility strategy and find that China should take the most responsibility because it is responsible for nearly 32% of all embodied emissions, due to its less efficient and high carbon-intensive technologies. The USA and the EU follow China, with shares of 13.2% and 11.3%, respectively, owing to their heavy consumption. As a result, China and the USA contribute 31.8% and 20.6%, respectively, of the total global emissions, outweighing the aggregated contribution from all other countries/regions.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available