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Consumption versus Technology: Drivers of Global Carbon Emissions 2000–2014

Jiborn, Magnus LU ; Kulionis, Viktoras LU and Kander, Astrid LU (2020) In Energies 13(2).
Abstract
This study utilizes recently published environmental extensions to the World Input–Output Database (WIOD) to compare production-based, consumption-based and technology-adjusted carbon emissions for 44 countries and country groups for the period 2000 to 2014. Results show some significant shifts in global emission trends compared to similar studies of the period before 2009. For 20 European Union (EU) countries and the US, emissions decreased over the period regardless of measure, and the same was true for the EU. Since GDP grew in 18 of these countries, the results provide unambiguous evidence for absolute, albeit modest, decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions. The large increase in global emissions that nevertheless occurred... (More)
This study utilizes recently published environmental extensions to the World Input–Output Database (WIOD) to compare production-based, consumption-based and technology-adjusted carbon emissions for 44 countries and country groups for the period 2000 to 2014. Results show some significant shifts in global emission trends compared to similar studies of the period before 2009. For 20 European Union (EU) countries and the US, emissions decreased over the period regardless of measure, and the same was true for the EU. Since GDP grew in 18 of these countries, the results provide unambiguous evidence for absolute, albeit modest, decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions. The large increase in global emissions that nevertheless occurred during the period was driven almost entirely by increasing consumption in China and developing countries. (Less)
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trade, carbon emissions, decoupling, China, EU, US, outsourcing
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Energies
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13
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2
article number
339
pages
12 pages
publisher
MDPI AG
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  • scopus:85077798023
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1996-1073
DOI
10.3390/en13020339
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Technology adjusted carbon footprint as a climate policy tool
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English
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  author       = {{Jiborn, Magnus and Kulionis, Viktoras and Kander, Astrid}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{Energies}},
  title        = {{Consumption versus Technology: Drivers of Global Carbon Emissions 2000–2014}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13020339}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/en13020339}},
  volume       = {{13}},
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