ποΈ Session 6: Accounting environmental stressors on the global level
Abstract
This second part of the session, following Environmental conflicts, introduces methods for accounting environmental stressors on the global level, including the distinction between production- and consumption-based statistics. In the accompanying group work, you continue analysing the challenges facing your selected country or region.
π₯οΈ Lecture Slides
π Follow-up Reading
- Tukker et al. (2020) β a concise discussion of consumption-based and production-based accounting, as well as further alternatives.
π Further readings
- Miller and Blair (2009) β a widely used textbook on input-output analysis.
- Wood et al. (2020) β the authors use environmental input-output tables to describe the structure of greenhouse gas emissions of the European Union. They show that delineating an effective policy mix requires one to understand this structure, including the relative importance of imported emissions and sectoral heterogeneity.
References
Miller, R. E. and Blair, P. D. (2009) Input-output analysis: Foundations and extensions, 2nd Ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tukker, A., Pollitt, H. and Henkemans, M. (2020) βConsumption-based carbon accounting: Sense and sensibility,β Climate Policy 20(sup1): S1βS13.
Wood, R. et al. (2020) βThe structure, drivers and policy implications of the european carbon footprint,β Climate Policy 20(sup1): S39βS57.