The Decoupling Phenomenon: Do Postal Operators Play a Role on It?

Claire Borsenberger () and José Anson
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Claire Borsenberger: Doctrine and Modelization Department, Direction of Regulation, Competition and Institutional Affairs – La Poste Groupe
José Anson: UPU (UPU Knowledge Centre and Think Tank [KCTT])

A chapter in Service Challenges, Business Opportunities, and Regulatory Responses in the Postal Sector, 2024, pp 333-351 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the context of global postal operators undertaking ambitious carbon emission reduction initiatives to combat climate change, this chapter aims to investigate whether the observed decoupling of activities and emissions phenomenon in certain countries is similarly reflected at the postal sector level. Our findings suggest that the decoupling of postal emissions and activities varies widely across nations, exhibiting no distinct trend toward either strong or weak decoupling accomplishments to date. We have not identified an environmental Kuznets curve, which typically illustrates an inverted-U relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) and CO2 emissions, in the realm of postal development and emissions. Additionally, we found no correlation between the broader economic decoupling and the absence or presence of decoupling in the postal sector. However, this preliminary study is based on a limited sample of countries over a relatively short time span. Therefore, future updates to this study are warranted as the available dataset expands over time.

Keywords: CO2 emissions; Postal activities; Decoupling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-65599-9_22

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