MRIO Accounting

Mapping the structure of the world economy 10.1021/es300171xSupp. Info

This is the core paper of the Eora global supply chain database.

The Global MRIO Lab - Charting the world economy 10.1080/09535314.2017.1301887 Building Eora: A global multi-region input-output database at high country and sector resolution 10.1080/09535314.2013.769938 Convergence between the Eora, WIOD, EXIOBASE, and OpenEU’s consumption-based carbon accounts 10.1080/09535314.2014.935298
Variation in trends of consumption based carbon accounts 10.1038/s41597-019-0102-x
The Environmental footprints Explorer: A Database for Global Sustainability Accounting PDF Improving the analysis of global value chains: the UNCTAD-Eora Database visit page

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Learning about MRIO:

Carbon footprint and Input-Output Analysis - An Introduction - by Tommy Wiedmann

The Role of Input-Output Analysis for Screening Corporate Carbon Footprints Y. Anny Huang et al.
Introduction to Environmentally Extended IO Analysis - By Anke Schaffartzik and colleagues at the Insitutte for Social Ecology in Vienna

Calculating Value Added in Trade - A User Guide - by Aqib Aslam and colleagues at the IMF

An Introduction to Environmentally-Extended Input-Output Analysis - by Justin Kitzes

Eurostat Input-Output Manual - Along with the UN SNA, the canonical reference manual.

Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions - The textbook by Miller and Blair

Manfred Lenzen's MRIO lecture video series - Highly recommended

Biodiversity and Supply Chains

From Satellite to Supply Chain: New Approaches Connect Earth Observation to Economic Decisions 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.0073

Identifying the Species Threat Hotspots from Global Supply Chains 10.1038/s41559-016-0023 Supp. Info

This paper was widely covered in the press, including by National Geographic, Scientific American, TIME, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Discover Magazine, AFP (in several languages), Le Monde, FAZ, El Mundo, and many others.

International trade drives biodiversity threats in developing nations 10.1038/nature11145 Supp. Info

This paper was widely covered in the press, including by Scientific American, BBC, Reuters, AFP, Le Monde, and many national magazines and newspapers. Edgar Hertwich wrote a nice commentary about the paper.

Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.03.002

Main findings: 29–39% of emissions from deforestation (0.65Gt CO₂)are driven by international trade, mainly in beef and oilseeds. One sixth of the carbon footprint of EU diets is due to deforestation emissions.

Putting all foods on the same table: Achieving sustainable food systems requires full accounting 10.1073/pnas.1913308116

We highlight the importance of non-mainstream — and often poorly measured — foods as a frequently overlooked factor in discussions on how to sustainably feed the Earth's 9 billion inhabitants. SI

Integrating Life Cycle and Impact Assessments to Map Food's Cumulative Environmental Footprint 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.06.014

On the Suitability of Input-Output Analysis for Calculating Product-Specific Biodiversity Footprints 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.06.015
Do Amphibians and Cash Crops Compete for Scarce Water? A Spatial Correlation Analysis 10.3390/su11061822
Resource footprints and their Ecosystem Consequences 10.1038/s41559-016-0023
Trade and the role of non-food commodities for global eutrophication 10.1038/s41893-018-0079-z Comparing global land-use and biodiversity impacts of palm oil embodied in final product consumption 10.1038/s41893-018-0079-z Meat consumption does not explain differences in household food carbon footprints in Japan j.oneear.2019.12.004

City-Level Footprinting

Carbon Footprints of 13,000 Cities 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Project website: citycarbonfootprints.info

The ecological footprint of cities and regions: comparing resource availability with resource demand 10.1177/0956247806063978
Quantifying Europe's biodiversity footprints and the role of urbanization and income 10.1017/sus.2019.23

Carbon Footprinting

Fellowship of the Rich/Flikr Mapping the Carbon Footprint of Nations 10.1021/acs.est.6b03227

This paper was highlighted as an Editor’s Choice in Science

Carbon-Footprint Accounting for the Next Phase of Globalization: Status and Opportunities 10.1016/j.oneear.2019.08.006
National Greenhouse Gas Accounting for Effective Climate Policy on International Trade 10.1038/NCLIMATE2555
Beyond peak emission transfers: historical impacts of globalisation and future impacts of climate policies on international emission transfers 10.1080/14693062.2019.1619507
The structure, drivers, and policy implications of the European carbon footprint 10.1080/14693062.2019.1639489
International Trade Undermines National Emissions Targets: New Evidence from Air Pollution 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.09.008 Frameworks for comparing emissions associated with production, consumption, and international trade 10.1021/es202239t Decoupling or delusion? Measuring emissions displacement in foreign trade 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.12.006 Quantifying the potential for consumer-oriented policy to reduce European and foreign carbon emissions 10.1080/14693062.2018.1551186

Air Pollution

Mika Stetsovski/Flikr Tracing Global Supply Chains to Air Pollution Hotspots 10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094017
Particulate matter-attributable mortality and relationships with carbon dioxide in 250 urban areas worldwide 10.1038/s41598-019-48057-9
Identifying critical supply chain paths and key sectors for mitigating primary carbonaceous PM2.5 mortality in Asia 10.1080/09535314.2016.1266992

Featured as a Research Highlight in Nature Climate Change

Material Footprinting

Walter Y. James/Flikr The Material Footprint of Nations – Reassessing Resource Productivity doi:10.1073/pnas.1220362110 Supp. Info FABIO — The Construction of the Food and Agriculture Biomass Input–Output Model 10.1021/acs.est.9b03554
The footprint of using metals – new metrics of consumption and productivity 10.1007/s10018-014-0085-y
Global Supply Chains of Coltan 10.1111/jiec.12206

Technical Papers

Ecological Footprints

Measuring Sustainable Development – Nation by Nation 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.017 Does Ecologically Unequal Exchange Occur? 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.013 Supp. Info

This paper prompted a critical response by Dorninger and Hornborg; here is their commentary, and our reply

Trading Spaces: Embodied Ecological Footprints in Trade 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.11.011 Interpretation and application of the Ecological Footprint: A reply to Fiala 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.11.001

Other Topics

International Trade of Scarce Water 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.06.018 Global Economic Impacts of Severe Space Weather 10.5194/nhess-14-2749-2014 Decoupling between human development and energy consumption within footprint accounts 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.235 The Inequality Footprint of Nations: A Novel Approach to Quantitative Accounting of Income Inequality 10.1371/journal.pone.0110881 Time Matters: The Carbon Footprint of Everyday Activities in Austria 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106357