Global Sustainability Accounting—Developing EXIOBASE for Multi-Regional Footprint Analysis

Sustainability

Richard Wood³  Konstantin Stadler³  Tatyana Bulavskaya⁶  Stephan Lutter¹  Stefan Giljum¹  Arjan de Koning⁵  Jeroen Kuenen⁶  Helmut Schütz²  José Acosta-Fernández²  Arkaitz Usubiaga²  Moana Simas³  Olga Ivanova⁶  Jan Weinzettel³  Jannick H. Schmidt⁴  Stefano Merciai⁴  Arnold Tukker³ 

[1] Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Vienna 1020, Austria; E-Mails:;Wuppertal Institute, Wuppertal 42103, Germany; E-Mails:;Industrial Ecology Programme, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim 7491, Norway; E-Mails:;2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg 9000, Denmark; E-Mails:;Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands; E-Mail:;Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Delft 2600, The Netherlands; E-Mails:

关键词: multi-regional input-output analysis;    sustainability accounting;    environmental footprints;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su7010138

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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