On the feasibility of a consumer-based allocation method in national GHG inventories

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 640-643

  Caro, Dario ^a   Bastianoni, Simone ^a   Borghesi, Simone ^a   Pulselli, Federico Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon intensity; Consumer based perspective; GHG emissions accounting; International trade

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION METHODS; CARBON INTENSITY; COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; CONSUMER-BASED PERSPECTIVE; GHG EMISSION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; REFERENCE POINTS; SYSTEMIC APPROACH;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TOOLS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 84886484995     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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