Carbon Labelling and Low-Income Country Exports: A Review of the Development Issues

• Tác giả: Paul Brenton
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 910.91 Geography of and travel in areas, regions, places in general
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 296600
• Chủ đề: 1. Contracts and Reputation; 2. Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140; 3. Economic Development: Agriculture; 4. Networks L140; 5. Transactional Relationships

Tóm tắt

 This article discusses the carbon accounting and carbon-labelling schemes being developed to address growing concerns over climate change. Its particular concern is their impact on small stakeholders, especially low-income countries. The popular belief that trade is by definition problematic is not true
  carbon efficiencies elsewhere in the supply chain may more than offset emissions from transportation. Indeed, low-income countries may offer important opportunities for carbon emission reductions because of their favourable climatic conditions and use of low energy-intensive production techniques. However, their effective inclusion in labelling schemes will require innovative solutions to provide low-cost data collection and certification.