Identifying important characteristics of municipal carbon footprints

作者：Larsen Hogne N^*; Hertwich Edgar G

来源：Ecological Economics, 2010, 70(1): 60-66.

DOI：10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.001

• Carbon Footprint
• Municipal services
• Local climate action
• Environmentally Expanded Input-Output analysis
• Scope 3 emissions

Local climate action has been identified as a vital contributor to global mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions This paper focuses on the GHG emissions resulting from the provision of local public services illustrated through the Carbon Footprint (CF) indicator The CF of all 429 Norwegian municipalities is calculated and compared to variables of interest Results show that the CF changes significantly depending on size and wealth Small and/or wealthy municipalities tend to have a much higher CF per capita compared to more populated and/or less wealthy cities While wealth and CF relate very well linearly increased population is only beneficial up to a certain size Results indicate that the CF per capita increa

• 出版日期2010-11-15