The carbon footprint of the empty Castilla-La Mancha

Carmen Córcoles, Luis Antonio López, Pilar Osorio and Jorge Zafrilla

Energy Policy, 2024, vol. 184, issue C

Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the carbon footprint of Castilla-La Mancha households, a region of the so-called “empty Spain,” and their mitigation potential. For this purpose, we use the environmentally extended multiregional input-output model and the Spanish Households Budget Survey to extract expenditure microdata by municipality size. We find that households in smaller municipalities have a larger total carbon footprint due to their higher direct emissions. Although their consumption is lower than other municipalities, they have a more intensive pattern of embedded carbon consumption. Households in smaller municipalities spend a higher share in private transport and housing-related activities, emitting almost an additional ton of direct carbon emissions.

Keywords: Households' carbon footprint; Multiregional input-output model; Sustainable consumption; Demand-side mitigation; Municipality size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113892

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