Mapping the carbon footprint of EU regions

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Ivanova, Diana ^a   Vita, Gibran ^a   Steen Olsen, Kjartan ^a   Stadler, Konstantin ^a   Melo, Patricia C ^b,c   Wood, Richard ^a   Hertwich, Edgar G ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ISEG LISBON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Portugal)

^c UECE Research Unit on Complexity and Economics   (Portugal)

^d Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon footprint; climate policy; consumer expenditure surveys; environmentally extended multiregional input output analysis; greenhouse gas emissions; household consumption; regional assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SURVEYS;

CLIMATE POLICY; CONSUMER EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL ASSESSMENT;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPENDITURE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MAPPING METHOD; REGIONAL PLANNING; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 85019622861     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa6da9     Document Type: Article

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