Title
Global sustainability accounting-developing EXIOBASE for multi-regional footprint analysis
Author
Wood, R.
Stadler, K.
Bulavskaya, T.
Lutter, S.
Giljum, S.
de Koning, A.
Kuenen, J.
Schütz, H.
Acosta-Fernández, J.
Usubiaga, A.
Simas, M.
Ivanova, O.
Weinzettel, J.
Schmidt, J.H.
Merciai, S.
Tukker, A.
Publication year
2015
Abstract
Measuring progress towards sustainable development requires appropriate frameworks and databases. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) is undergoing continuous refinement with these objectives in mind. In SEEA, there is a need for databases to encompass the global dimension of societal metabolism. In this paper, we focus on the latest effort to construct a global multi-regional input-output database (EXIOBASE) with a focus on environmentally relevant activities. The database and its broader analytical framework allows for the as yet most detailed insight into the production-related impacts and "footprints" of our consumption. We explore the methods used to arrive at the database, and some key relationships extracted from the database.
Subject
Urban Mobility & Environment
SP1 - Strategy & Policy 1
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Environment & Sustainability
Environment
Urbanisation
Multi-regional
Input-output
Analysis
Sustainability accounting
Evironmental footprints
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/su7010138
TNO identifier
523203
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
2071-1050
Source
Sustainability (Switzerland), 7 (1), 138-163
Document type
article