Towards a more effective climate policy on international trade

Dietzenbacher, Erik; Cazcarro, Ignacio; Arto, Iñaki

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14837-5

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Towards a more effective climate policy on international trade

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Dietzenbacher, Erik, Cazcarro, Ignacio, Arto, Iñaki·2020·Nature Communications

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In the literature on the attribution of responsibilities for greenhouse gas emissions, two accounting methods have been widely discussed: production-based accounting (PBA) and consumption-based accounting (CBA). It has been argued that an accounting framework for attributing responsibilities should credit actions contributing to reduce global emissions and should penalize actions increasing them. Neither PBA nor CBA satisfy this principle. Adapting classical Ricardian trade theory, we consider ex post measurement and propose a scheme for assigning credits and penalties. Their size is determined by how much CO 2 emissions are saved globally due to trade. This leads to the emission responsibility allotment (ERA) for assigning responsibilities. We illustrate the differences between ERA and PBA and CBA by comparing their results for 41 countries and regions between 1995–2009. The Paris Agreement (COP21) proposed new market mechanisms; we argue that ERA is well suited to measure and evaluate their overall mitigation impact.

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CBE and PBE estimates derived from different MRIO datasets differ by less than 10% for most countries.
“The CBE and PBE estimates derived from different MRIO datasets differ by less than 10% for most countries (16, 17).”
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The Discussion (page unavailable) says carbon-footprint results converged across GMRIO datasets and that results from separate datasets may not differ very much. It does not establish a difference of less than 10% for most countries or make that comparison for both CBE and PBE estimates. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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Differences in CO2 emissions data, rather than trade, are the main cause of differences in CBE estimates from different MRIO datasets.
“differences in the CO2 emissions data (rather than trade) are the main cause of differences in their CBE estimates (16).”
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Authors: Dietzenbacher, E., Cazcarro, I., & Arto, I.
Affiliations: University of Groningen (NL)
University of the Basque Country (ES)
Corresponding author: Dietzenbacher, Erik
ORCID: Dietzenbacher, Erik
Cazcarro, Ignacio
Arto, Iñaki
Venue: Nature Communications
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2020-02-28
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Pages: 1130-1130
ISSN: 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14837-5
PMC: PMC7048780
OpenAlex: W3006714519
Cited by: 80
References: 55
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5
FWCI: 7.65
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Funders: Eusko Jaurlaritza (MDM-2017-0714)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (2018-2022, MDM 2017-0714)
Topics: Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Keywords: climate policy, international trade, production-based accounting, consumption-based accounting

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