Local consumption and territorial based accounting for CO2 Emissions

Kristinn Hermannsson and Stuart McIntyre

No 2013-63, SIRE Discussion Papers from Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE)

Abstract: We examine the complications involved in attributing emissions at a sub-regional or local level. Speci cally, we look at how functional specialisation embedded within the metropolitan area can, via trade between sub-regions, create intra-metropolitan 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 metropolitan area (2 regions: city and surrounding suburban area) and the rest of Scotland. The model utilises data on commuter flows and household consumption to capture income and consumption flows across sub-regions. This enables a carbon attribution analysis at the sub-regional level, allowing us to shed light on the signi cant emissions interdependencies that can exist within metropolitan areas.

Keywords: CO2 emissions; environmental accounting; regional interdependencies; metropoli- tan areas; commuting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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