Working Paper 01-23 - L’empreinte carbone des régions de la Belgique

Working Paper 01-23 - Koolstofvoetafdruk van de Belgische gewesten

Amélie Géal and Bernhard Klaus Michel

Working Papers from Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium

Abstract: In international agreements, countries are considered responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions linked to their production activities. The carbon footprint provides an alternative assessment of this responsibility by attributing emissions to the country where the goods and services are consumed. This study presents the production-based CO2 emissions and the carbon footprint of the three Belgian regions for the year 2015. The production-based CO2 emissions are derived from the regional air emission accounts developed for this study, while the regional carbon footprints are calculated based on an input-output model and input-output data that include CO2 emissions. According to the results, the carbon footprint exceeds production-based emissions for all three regions. This implies that their contribution to global CO2 emissions is larger from a consumption perspective than from a production perspective.

JEL-codes: C67 F18 Q53 Q54 Q56 R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-01-17
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