Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth

Decoupling economic growth from resource use and emissions is a precondition to stay within planetary boundaries. A number of countries have achieved a reduction in their production-based emissions in the past decade. However, the decline in PBE has often been achieved via outsourcing of emissions t...

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Autores principales:	Klaus Hubacek, Xiangjie Chen, Kuishuang Feng, Thomas Wiedmann, Yuli Shan
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Decoupling, Consumption-based emissions,Green growth, Structural decomposition analysis Emission drivers Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade HD9502-9502.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:52328219253b45628cd83bbfe5d6d3022021-11-10T04:43:00ZEvidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth2666-792410.1016/j.adapen.2021.100074https://doaj.org/article/52328219253b45628cd83bbfe5d6d3022021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666792421000664https://doaj.org/toc/2666-7924Decoupling economic growth from resource use and emissions is a precondition to stay within planetary boundaries. A number of countries have achieved a reduction in their production-based emissions in the past decade. However, the decline in PBE has often been achieved via outsourcing of emissions to other countries, which may even lead to higher emissions globally. Therefore, a consumption-based perspective that accounts for a country's emissions along global supply chains should also be employed when investigating progress in decoupling. Here we investigate the progress countries made in reducing their production-based and consumption-based emissions despite growth in gross domestic product (GDP). We found that 32 out of 116 countries (mainly developed ones) achieved absolute decoupling between GDP and production-based emissions in recent years (2015–2018), and 23 countries achieved absolute decoupling between GDP and consumption-based emissions. 14 countries have decoupled GDP growth from both production- and consumption-based emissions. Even countries that have achieved absolute decoupling are still adding emissions to the atmosphere thus showing the limits of ‘green growth’ and the growth paradigm. We also observed that decoupling can be temporary, and decoupled countries may switch back to increasing emissions, which means that continuous efforts are needed to maintain decoupling. An analysis of driving factors shows that whether a country can achieve decoupling mainly depends on reducing emission intensity along domestic and import supply chains. This highlights the importance of decarbonizing supply chains and international collaboration in controlling emissions.Klaus HubacekXiangjie ChenKuishuang FengThomas WiedmannYuli ShanElsevierarticleDecoupling, Consumption-based emissions,Green growth, Structural decomposition analysisEmission driversEnergy industries. Energy policy. Fuel tradeHD9502-9502.5ENAdvances in Applied Energy, Vol 4, Iss , Pp 100074- (2021)
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topic	Decoupling, Consumption-based emissions,Green growth, Structural decomposition analysis Emission drivers Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade HD9502-9502.5
spellingShingle	Decoupling, Consumption-based emissions,Green growth, Structural decomposition analysis Emission drivers Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade HD9502-9502.5 Klaus Hubacek Xiangjie Chen Kuishuang Feng Thomas Wiedmann Yuli Shan Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth
description	Decoupling economic growth from resource use and emissions is a precondition to stay within planetary boundaries. A number of countries have achieved a reduction in their production-based emissions in the past decade. However, the decline in PBE has often been achieved via outsourcing of emissions to other countries, which may even lead to higher emissions globally. Therefore, a consumption-based perspective that accounts for a country's emissions along global supply chains should also be employed when investigating progress in decoupling. Here we investigate the progress countries made in reducing their production-based and consumption-based emissions despite growth in gross domestic product (GDP). We found that 32 out of 116 countries (mainly developed ones) achieved absolute decoupling between GDP and production-based emissions in recent years (2015–2018), and 23 countries achieved absolute decoupling between GDP and consumption-based emissions. 14 countries have decoupled GDP growth from both production- and consumption-based emissions. Even countries that have achieved absolute decoupling are still adding emissions to the atmosphere thus showing the limits of ‘green growth’ and the growth paradigm. We also observed that decoupling can be temporary, and decoupled countries may switch back to increasing emissions, which means that continuous efforts are needed to maintain decoupling. An analysis of driving factors shows that whether a country can achieve decoupling mainly depends on reducing emission intensity along domestic and import supply chains. This highlights the importance of decarbonizing supply chains and international collaboration in controlling emissions.
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author	Klaus Hubacek Xiangjie Chen Kuishuang Feng Thomas Wiedmann Yuli Shan
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title	Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth
title_short	Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth
title_full	Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth
title_fullStr	Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth
title_full_unstemmed	Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth
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publishDate	2021
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Evidence of decoupling consumption-based CO2 emissions from economic growth

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