Local consumption and territorial based accounting for CO2 emissions

Hermannsson, K. and McIntyre, S. (2014) Local consumption and territorial based accounting for CO2 emissions. Ecological Economics, 104, pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.04.020)

Abstract

We examine the complications involved in attributing emissions at a local level. Specifically, we look at how functional specialisation within a city region can, via trade between sub-regions, create emissions interdependencies; and how this complicates environmental policy implementation in an analogous manner to international trade at the national level. For this purpose we use a 3-region emissions extended input–output model of the Glasgow City region (2 regions: city and wider city-region) and the rest of Scotland. The model utilises data on household consumption to account for consumption flows across sub-regions and plant-level data on emissions from electricity generation to augment the top-down disaggregation of emissions. This enables a carbon attribution at the sub-regional level, which is used to analyse emissions interdependencies within the city-region.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hermannsson, Professor Kristinn
• Authors: Hermannsson, K., and McIntyre, S.
• Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education; College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Educational Leadership & Policy
• Journal Name: Ecological Economics
• Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
• ISSN: 0921-8009
• ISSN (Online): 1873-6106
• Published Online: 16 May 2014
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2014 Elsevier
• First Published: First published in Ecological Economics 104:1-11
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher