Which countries and regions are the biggest net importers and exporters of CO₂ emissions embodied in trade? How much CO₂ has been shifted between different regions through international trade? What are the implications of considering consumer responsibility for global climate and trade policies? Martin Bruckner, Christine Polzin and Stefan Giljum have addressed these questions in a new paper entitled “Counting CO₂ emissions in a globalised world: Producer versus consumer-oriented methods for CO₂ accounting”.

The paper, which is the final outcome of the project Global responsibility for CO₂ emissions, commissioned by the German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn, can be downloaded here.