DOI: 10.1002/wcc.438
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85003726532
论文题名: Consumption-based carbon accounting: does it have a future?
作者: Afionis S ; , Sakai M ; , Scott K ; , Barrett J ; , Gouldson A
刊名: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
ISSN: 17577780
出版年: 2017
卷: 8, 期: 1 语种: 英语
英文关键词: Carbon
; Gas emissions
; Greenhouse gases
; Pollution control
; Accounting methods
; Carbon accounting
; Cleaner production
; Climate mitigations
; Policy mechanisms
; Political acceptability
; Political benefits
; Technical complexity
; Distribution of goods
; carbon dioxide
; carbon emission
; climate change
; emission control
; environmental policy
英文摘要: Internationally, allocation of responsibility for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is currently based on the production-based (PB) accounting method, which measures emissions generated in the place where goods and services are produced. However, the growth of emissions embodied in trade has raised the question whether we should switch to, or amalgamate PB accounting, with other accounting approaches. Consumption-based (CB) accounting has so far emerged as the most prominent alternative. This approach accounts for emissions at the point of consumption, attributing all the emissions that occurred in the course of production and distribution to the final consumers of goods and services. This review has a fourfold objective. First, it provides an account of the logic behind attributing responsibility for emissions on the basis of consumption instead of production. Issues of equity and justice, increased emissions coverage, encouragement of cleaner production practices, and political benefits are considered. Second, it discusses the counterarguments, focusing in particular on issues of technical complexity, mitigation effectiveness, and political acceptability. Third, it presents the spectrum of implementation possibilities—ranging from the status quo to more transformative options—and considers the implications for international climate policy that would accrue under various scenarios of adopting CB accounting in practice. Fourth, it looks at how CB accounting may be adjusted to fit with current political realities and it identifies policy mechanisms that could potentially be utilized to directly or indirectly address CB emissions. Such an approach could unlock new opportunities for climate policy innovation and for climate mitigation. WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e438. doi: 10.1002/wcc.438. For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website. © 2016 The Authors. WIREs Climate Change published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76191
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作者单位: Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Afionis S,, Sakai M,, Scott K,et al. Consumption-based carbon accounting: does it have a future?[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2017-01-01,8(1)