1st Edition

Carbon Responsibility and Embodied Emissions Theory and Measurement

128 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Climate change policy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are currently discussed at all scales, ranging from the Kyoto Protocol to the increasingly frequent advertisement of ''carbon neutrality'' in consumer products. However, the only policy option usually considered is the reduction of direct emissions. Another potential policy tool, currently neglected, is the reduction of indirect... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Accounting Indirect Emissions  3. Carbon Indicators  4. Carbon Responsibility  5. Multi-Regional IO Model  6. Carbon Responsibility of World Regions  7. Discussion

Biography

João F. D. Rodrigues is currently a Researcher at the Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research (IN+), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, Portugal. Alexandra P.S. Marques is currently a MIT Portugal Program PhD student at IST in the area of Sustainable Energy Systems. Tiago M. D. Domingos is an Assistant Professor at the Environment and Energy Scientific Area, DEM, IST, and a Researcher at IN+.