| Title |
Impact of the international trade on the EU clothing industry carbon emissions / |
| Authors |
Valodka, Ignas ; Snieska, Vytautas ; Mihi-Ramirez, Antonio |
| DOI |
10.5755/j01.ee.31.3.25012 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Inžinerinė ekonomika = Engineering economics.. Kaunas : KTU. 2020, vol. 31, iss. 3, p. 314-322.. ISSN 1392-2785. eISSN 2029-5839 |
| Keywords [eng] |
environmental sustainability ; CO2 emission ; international trade ; globalization ; textile and clothing sector ; EU |
| Abstract [eng] |
Globalization and international trade has strongly affected world’s economyin the recent decades. The importance of emissions loadsdistributionbetweencountries participating in the supply chainsis steadily growing. In the highly fragmented global supply chain structure, with the consumption and production separatedgeographically and politically, it is difficult to capture the distribution of carbon emission burden within the global productionprocesses.Severalrecent scientific studieshave emphasizedthat CO2 emissions embodied in internationaltrade processesshould be addressed.The CO2 emissions up to now aremostly evaluated on the base ofdomestic emission accounts. To address this research gap, our study applies multi-regional input-output (MRIO) method for theestimationof the CO2 emissions embodied in the EU clothing imports.The study evaluatescarbon emissions ofthe EU clothing imports and providessuggestions for companies and policy makers. Our results show,thatthe EU has not reduced CO2 emissions but instead has outsourcedthem. MRIO and triangulation methods were used to evaluate the EU clothing sector embodied carbon emissions in imports from 2000 to 2016. CO2 emission reduction goal can be achieved by implementing the proposed consumption based emission accounting framework additionally to the country’s emission inventory. Our results may helpbusinesses andpolicy makers to establish more efficient strategies towardsthe EU’s carbonemissions. |
| Published |
Kaunas : KTU |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2020 |
| CC license |
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