Tracking the carbon emissions of Denmark's five regions from a producer and consumer perspective
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This paper presents a calculation of Denmark's production and consumption-based accounting CO2e emissions for five regions in 2011. We apply an environmentally extended economic model for Danish municipalities known as the Local “INterregional” Economic (LINE) model, together with a multi-regional input-output model for the world economy (EXIOBASE v3.4). We find that Denmark's Capital region accounts for 41% (28 MtCO2e) and 31% (27 MtCO2e) of Denmark's production and consumption-based emissions respectively. By disaggregating regional emissions into industry and product categories, we provide relevant information to producers and consumers in each region concerning areas where the most significant differences towards reducing their carbon footprint can be realised. Mobility, services, food and shelter were the main drivers of emissions in all Danish regions. The Central, North and South Denmark accounted for more than half (9.56 MtCO2e) of Denmark's food production emissions. The Capital region was the largest source of emissions (3.79 MtCO2e) related to food consumption. We suggest that dietary changes towards less red meat and dairy products can potentially reduce regional food-related emissions of Danish households. Our results indicate that modest changes in consumer lifestyles are pivotal for local climate mitigation policies, especially in Denmark's biggest cities, Copenhagen, Århus, Aalborg and Odense.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 106778 |
| Journal | Ecological Economics |
| Volume | 177 |
| ISSN | 0921-8009 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:
This project has received funding from Arhus University under the Global Analysis of Trade-related Emissions project (AUFF-GATE-24912). We wish to express our gratitude to the Centre for Regional and Tourism (CRT) research, Denmark, for providing rights to use the LINE model and regional data on Danish municipalities. We immensely thank Prof. Richard Wood of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for granting access to the EXIOBASE database developed under the CREEA project and Eivind Lekve Bjelle for all technical assistance with regards to the use of the database. Lastly, we express our appreciation for the useful comments of all anonymous reviewers and Edgar Towa that immensely improved the manuscript.
Funding Information:
This project has received funding from Arhus University under the Global Analysis of Trade-related Emissions project ( AUFF-GATE-24912 ). We wish to express our gratitude to the Centre for Regional and Tourism (CRT) research , Denmark, for providing rights to use the LINE model and regional data on Danish municipalities. We immensely thank Prof. Richard Wood of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for granting access to the EXIOBASE database developed under the CREEA project and Eivind Lekve Bjelle for all technical assistance with regards to the use of the database. Lastly, we express our appreciation for the useful comments of all anonymous reviewers and Edgar Towa that immensely improved the manuscript.
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- Consumption-Based Emissions, LINE, Local Climate Policy, Multi-Regional Input-Output Model, Production-Based Emissions
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