International trade and the ‘ecological balance of payments’

Atkinson, Giles; Hamilton, Kirk

doi:10.1016/s0301-4207(03)00003-5

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“…5 It is worth noting that the broader idea of an 'ecological balance of payments' is not new. Atkinson and Hamilton (2003), for example, use international trade data in an IO-type framework to derive the demand for natural resource rents attributable to any given country's final consumption (see also Proops and Atkinson, 1998;Proops et al, 1999;Bailey and Clarke, 2000, in a computable general equilibrium, or CGE, setting). Another prominent way of thinking about the links between countries in this way is the 'ecological footprint' starting with the pioneering contribution of Rees and Wackernagel (1994).…”

Section: Virtual Carbon and Its Measurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trade in ‘virtual carbon’: Empirical results and implications for policy

Atkinson

Hamilton

Ruta

et al. 2011

Global Environmental Change

127

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Section: Virtual Carbon and Its Measurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trade in ‘virtual carbon’: Empirical results and implications for policy

Atkinson

Hamilton

Ruta

et al. 2011

Global Environmental Change

127

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“…Several authors use concepts analogous to the economic balance of trade (e.g. Munksgaard and Pedersen, 2001;Muradian et al, 2002;Atkinson and Hamilton, 2002). Munksgaard and Pedersen (2001) develop the concept of the ''production accounting principle'' and ''consumption accounting principle''.…”

Section: Global Emissions: Production and Consumption Accountsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pollution embodied in trade: The Norwegian case

Peters

Hertwich

2006

Global Environmental Change

234

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“…There is some discussion linking energy security to global carbon emissions controls (Gang et al, 2012, Mulligan, 2011, however, there is growing recognition that in a globally integrated trade environment, focusing on the national aspect of energy security may prove short sighted (Qi, 2011). Interest in the role of international trade in environmental impacts (Liu et al, 2010, Peters andHertwich, 2006) has grown and there is a clear, focus on embodied energy (Atkinson and Hamilton, 2002, Bullard and Herendeen, 1975, Chen Y. et al, 2011, Jiang et al, 2011, Li H. et al, 2007, Machado et al, 2001, Tang et al, 2011, Wyckoff and Roop, 1994, and carbon emissions , Hetherington, 1996, Liu and Ma, 2011. It has been argued that the differences in energy consumption between different energy models can be accounted for by the way they handle embodied energy in imported goods (Wiedmann, 2009).…”

Section: Fig2 Uk's Energy Consumption By Main Industrial Group In 2010mentioning

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Analysis of energy embodied in the international trade of UK

2013

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This is an accepted version of a paper published in Energy Policy. This paper has been peer-reviewed but does not include the final publisher proof-corrections or journal pagination.Citation for the published paper: Tang, X., Snowden, S., Höök, M. (2013) "Analysis of energy embodied in the international trade of UK" Energy Policy, Access to the published version may require subscription. Abstract:Interest in the role embodied energy plays in international trade and its subsequent impact on energy security has grown. As a developed nation, the UK's economic structure has changed from that of a primary producer to that of a primary consumer. Although the UK's energy consumption appears to have peaked, it imports a lot of energy embodied in international trade alongside the more obvious direct energy imports. The UK has seen increasing dependency on imported fossil energy since the UK became a net energy importer in 2005. In this paper an input-output model is established to examine the impact of embodied energy from trade on the UK energy imports. The UK's embodied fossil energy imports have exceeded embodied fossil energy exports every year since 1997. UK embodied energy imports through the so-called 'Made in China' phenomena are the largest accounting for 43% of total net fossil energy imports. If net embodied fossil energy imports are considered, the gap between energy consumption and production in UK is much larger than commonly perceived, with subsequent implications to the UK's energy security.

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International trade and the ‘ecological balance of payments’

Cited by 27 publications

References 11 publications

Trade in ‘virtual carbon’: Empirical results and implications for policy

Trade in ‘virtual carbon’: Empirical results and implications for policy

Pollution embodied in trade: The Norwegian case

Analysis of energy embodied in the international trade of UK

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