Different approaches to measuring cities’ carbon footprints.
Research report
| Project: | UCIL 20411 Creating a Sustainable World |
| Student(s): | Karol Tolpa |
| Method: | Desk research |
| Course: | BSc Environmental Economics |
Summary
Cities have undertaken efforts to reduce overall carbon emissions to the atmosphere as it is directly connected the climate change what is a threat to the sustainable development and future of humanity. The accounting of carbon emissions implemented by most of the cities around the world is the production-based responsibility. However, other methods of carbon emissions have been developed, namely consumption-based.
This applied project presents the outcomes of those different accountings and compares them with the production-based one. The results suggest that the consumption-based emissions, and in some cases income- based, are greater than production-based. The paper suggests that consumption-based emissions will surpass, or at least recompensate the decrease of, production-based emissions. Such findings uncover the unrecognized trends in overall emissions. Only a deep understanding of them will result in achieving the carbon-neutral world.
(Harris et al., 2019)