Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe indicator reports the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion embodied in imports if imported goods were produced with a carbon intensity (i.e. emissions factors) equal to that of the importing country at a given time – the Equal Carbon Intensity (ECI) assumption. It covers 65 countries and 34 industries between 1995 and 2011.
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Source metadata Source metadataFor more information on data sources and methodology, see:
Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedData on carbon emissions from fossil fuels are provided by the IEA’s CO2 emissions from fuel combustion database (International Energy Agency, 2018).
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Base period Base period1995 = 100
Date last updated Date last updatedMay 2019
Periodicity PeriodicityYearly
Variables collected Variables collectedImported emissions: the actual amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given industry in a given country, that are generated in other countries (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100).
ECI imported emissions: the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given industry in a given country, that would have been generated in other countries under the Equal Carbon Intensity (ECI) assumption (divided by the 1995 value of actual emissions).
Population & Scope Population & Scope Geographic coverage Geographic coverageSee Table A.3. of the "Report on a Set of Policy Indicators on Trade and Environment".
Sector coverage Sector coverageSee Table A.2. of the "Report on a Set of Policy Indicators on Trade and Environment".
The indicator reports the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion embodied in imports if imported goods were produced with a carbon intensity (i.e. emissions factors) equal to that of the importing country at a given time – the Equal Carbon Intensity (ECI) assumption. It covers 65 countries and 34 industries between 1995 and 2011.
Users are encouraged to send their comments and questions to TAD Contact
Data on carbon emissions from fossil fuels are provided by the IEA’s CO2 emissions from fuel combustion database (International Energy Agency, 2018).
For more information on data sources and methodology, see:
Imported emissions: the actual amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given industry in a given country, that are generated in other countries (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100).
ECI imported emissions: the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given industry in a given country, that would have been generated in other countries under the Equal Carbon Intensity (ECI) assumption (divided by the 1995 value of actual emissions).
Yearly
1995 = 100
May 2019
See Table A.3. of the "Report on a Set of Policy Indicators on Trade and Environment".
See Table A.2. of the "Report on a Set of Policy Indicators on Trade and Environment".