Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Towards a more effective climate policy on international trade

  • Erik Dietzenbacher,
  • Ignacio Cazcarro,
  • Iñaki Arto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14837-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Partners who actually reduce global emissions can be penalized under carbon accounting methods based on production or consumption give an idea of responsibility. Here the authors propose a new framework, emission responsibility allotment that penalizes/credits those that increase/decrease global emissions.