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Technology-adjusted carbon accounting

Baumert, Nicolai LU orcid ; Jiborn, Magnus LU ; Kander, Astrid LU and Kulionis, Viktoras LU (2022) p.256-271
Abstract
We present technology-adjusted consumption-based accounting (TCBA) – a measure of shared responsibility for global greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike in conventional consumption-based accounting (CBA), countries are assigned the emission responsibility for the technology they use to produce their exports. This ensures that national emission responsibilities are not driven by differences in export production technology. If the technology for exports is less (more) carbon-intensive than world average for the relevant product group, the exporters are credited (penalized) for providing the world with these goods. By comparing the evidence on TCBA trends to conventional findings on CBA and production-based accounting (PBA) for the period... (More)
We present technology-adjusted consumption-based accounting (TCBA) – a measure of shared responsibility for global greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike in conventional consumption-based accounting (CBA), countries are assigned the emission responsibility for the technology they use to produce their exports. This ensures that national emission responsibilities are not driven by differences in export production technology. If the technology for exports is less (more) carbon-intensive than world average for the relevant product group, the exporters are credited (penalized) for providing the world with these goods. By comparing the evidence on TCBA trends to conventional findings on CBA and production-based accounting (PBA) for the period 2000–2014, the map of emission responsibility is redrawn – albeit not in a way that systematically favors developed or developing countries. Lastly, we discuss how TCBA has been received in academia and among policy makers since its conceptualization. (Less)
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keywords
outsourcing, CBA, TCBA, technology, emission, carbon accounting
host publication
Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change
editor
Jakob, Michael
pages
16 pages
publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
external identifiers
  • scopus:85137538541
ISBN
978-1-83910-323-0
language
English
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yes
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23346cb8-9734-485d-b867-a5c22470fbdf
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2022-03-16 17:54:55
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  abstract     = {{We present technology-adjusted consumption-based accounting (TCBA) – a measure of shared responsibility for global greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike in conventional consumption-based accounting (CBA), countries are assigned the emission responsibility for the technology they use to produce their exports. This ensures that national emission responsibilities are not driven by differences in export production technology. If the technology for exports is less (more) carbon-intensive than world average for the relevant product group, the exporters are credited (penalized) for providing the world with these goods. By comparing the evidence on TCBA trends to conventional findings on CBA and production-based accounting (PBA) for the period 2000–2014, the map of emission responsibility is redrawn – albeit not in a way that systematically favors developed or developing countries. Lastly, we discuss how TCBA has been received in academia and among policy makers since its conceptualization.}},
  author       = {{Baumert, Nicolai and Jiborn, Magnus and Kander, Astrid and Kulionis, Viktoras}},
  booktitle    = {{Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change}},
  editor       = {{Jakob, Michael}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-83910-323-0}},
  keywords     = {{outsourcing; CBA; TCBA; technology; emission; carbon accounting}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{256--271}},
  publisher    = {{Edward Elgar Publishing}},
  title        = {{Technology-adjusted carbon accounting}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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