International trade and Austria's livestock system: Direct and hidden carbon emission flows associated with production and consumption of products

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 920-929

  Gavrilova, Olga ^a   Jonas, Matthias ^b   Erb, Karlheinz ^c   Haberl, Helmut ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Full carbon accounting; Hidden carbon emissions; Kyoto Protocol; Life cycle analysis; Sharing responsibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

EID: 74549208558     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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