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Explore the impact of consumption on the environment, including emissions, outsourcing to developing countries, and carbon footprints in different nations. Learn how domestic and production perspectives affect land and water footprints. Source: carbonfootprintofnations.com
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The Environmental Footprints of Our Consumption Edgar G. Hertwich Industrial Ecology Programme Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway OECD – Measuring Well-Being and Fostering Progress of Societies Paris, 28 June 2012
Emissions embodied in trade, 2001 Peters, Hertwich (2008), Env. Sci. Technol.
Outsourcingofemissions to developingcountries as increasedsubstantially Peters et al. PNAS 2011
Carbonfootprint (CO2, CH4, N2O,F-gases) ofconsumptionactivities in 72 different countries. Uniform increasewithincreasingexpenditure Source: http://carbonfootprintofnations.com Hertwich et al. Env. Sci. Tech. 2009
EU: Land Footprints Domestic Consumption perspective Production perspective Steen-Olsen et al, 2012
EU: Blue Water Footprints Consumption perspective Domestic Production perspective Steen-Olsen et al, 2012