Greenhouse gas footprints of economic sectors at the subnational European scale
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Intermediate producers bear responsibility for emissions embedded in their supply chains. Here, we quantified greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with 63 sectors in 264 regions of the European Union in 2017. We used a multi-regional input-output (MRIO) database with subnational European information on production and trade structures, accounting for trade inside and outside Europe. We added a subnational environmental extension for GHG emissions from an air emission database at the NUTS 2 level. We focused on quantifying the subnational variation of sector GHG footprints. We also identified spatial and sectoral hotspots and quantified the share of indirect emissions. We found that environmentally extended MRIO (EEMRIO) datasets with national coverage instead of subnational coverage in the EU miss out on 33 % of the variation in sector GHG footprints. The largest subnational variation in sector GHG footprints was found in Italy and Germany, particularly for metal manufacturing. The EEMRIO dataset can support targeted measures, on regions and on sectors, to drive climate change mitigation efforts in the EU. © 2025 The Authors
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TNO Identifier
1014555
ISSN
09596526
Source
Journal of Cleaner Production, 514, pp. 1-9.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Article nr.
145761
Pages
1-9