We developed a GHG emissions inventory for all cities and local governments in Europe. Results are available here: openGHGmap.net. This has been a popular resource, with 150,000 views of the post on LinkedIn, and >60,000 hits on the website. Read an overview in Norwegian SciTech News
This paper was covered by The Hill, the Independent, Anthropocene Magazine, the Daily Mail, and The Times
This is the core paper of the Eora global supply chain database.
A general-reader overview of how spatial footprinting methods can be useful to businesses and governments by linking satellite, and other remote-sensed environmental data, to specific economic decisions. Watch lectures presenting spatial footprinting: Leiden EEE Lecture Series and The Alan Turing Institute
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This paper published in Nature was widely covered in the press, including by Scientific American, BBC, Reuters, Le Monde, AFP, and many national magazines and newspapers. Edgar Hertwich wrote a nice commentary about the paper.
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This study found that 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.
We argued that research on sustainable diets needs to give more attention to non-mainstream foods. The top commodity crops are well-measured and well reported on, but smallholder crops and artisenal fisheries are often neglected in big-picture studies about sustinable diets.
"[W]e estimate the U.S. top 0.1% had emissions (955 t CO2e) 57× higher than bottom decile U.S. households and 597× higher than an average low-income country household."
The paper went viral on twitter with 650k views.Covered in the Washington Post and Anthropocene.
In this study we estimated the Scope 3 carbon footprint of 13,000 cities globally, drawing on both existing models and expanding coverage to new countries. The study was reported on in Scientific American, National Geographic, Forbes,US News and World Report, among others.
Project website: citycarbonfootprints.info
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This paper was highlighted as an Editor’s Choice in Science
This paper was discussed in a special report by The Economist about what individuals and companies can do to reduce their Scope 3 emissions.
Featured as a Research Highlight in Nature Climate Change
This paper prompted a critical response by Dorninger and Hornborg; here is their commentary, and our reply
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 Institute for Social Ecology in Vienna
An Introduction to Environmentally-Extended Input-Output Analysis - by Justin Kitzes
Calculating Value Added in Trade - A User Guide - by Aqib Aslam and colleagues at the IMF
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 series on YouTube - Highly recommended