Carbon Labelling and Low-income Country Exports: A Review of the Development Issues
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. Copyright (c) The Authors 2009. Journal compilation (c) 2009 Overseas Development Institute..
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2009
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Authors: | Brenton, Paul ; Edwards-Jones, Gareth ; Jensen, Michael Friis |
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Development Policy Review. - Overseas Development Institute. - Vol. 27.2009, 3, p. 243-267
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Overseas Development Institute |
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