Four system boundaries for carbon accounts

Liu, Zhu, Feng, Kuishuang, Hubacek, Klaus, Liang, Sai, Anadon, Laura Diaz, Zhang, Chao and Guan, Dabo (2015) Four system boundaries for carbon accounts. Ecological Modelling, 318. pp. 118-125. ISSN 0304-3800

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Abstract

Knowing the carbon emission baseline of a region is a precondition for any mitigation effort, but the baselines are highly dependent on the system boundaries for which they are calculated. On the basis of sectoral energy statistics and a nested provincial and global multi-regional input-output model, we calculate and compare four different system boundaries for China's 30 provinces and major cities. The results demonstrate significant differences in the level of emissions for the different system boundaries. Moreover, the associated emissions with each system boundary varies with the regional development level, i.e. richer areas outsource more emissions to other areas, or in other words boundary 4 emissions are higher than boundary 1 emissions for rich areas and vice versa for poor areas. Given these significant differences it is important to be aware of the implications the choice of an accounting system might have on outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	carbon emissions,carbon footprint,consumption-based emission,multi-regional input-output analysis,embodied emissions,china
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2015 07:23
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 00:58
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55521
DOI:	10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.02.001

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