Local consumption and territorial based accounting for CO2 emissions

B-Tier
Journal: Ecological Economics
Year: 2014
Volume: 104
Issue: C
Pages: 1-11

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We examine the complications involved in attributing emissions at a local level. Specifically, we look at how functional specialisation within a city region can, via trade between sub-regions, create emissions interdependencies; and how this complicates environmental policy implementation in an analogous manner to international trade at the national level. For this purpose we use a 3-region emissions extended input–output model of the Glasgow City region (2 regions: city and wider city-region) and the rest of Scotland. The model utilises data on household consumption to account for consumption flows across sub-regions and plant-level data on emissions from electricity generation to augment the top-down disaggregation of emissions. This enables a carbon attribution at the sub-regional level, which is used to analyse emissions interdependencies within the city-region.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolec:v:104:y:2014:i:c:p:1-11
Journal Field
Environment
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26