Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe indicator reports the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion embodied in imports under two scenarios:
- a scenario where the sectorial composition of the imports and their associated emissions factors remain constant over time, allowing only for the scale of the imports to vary;
- a scenario where only the emissions factors remain constant over time, allowing for both the scale and the composition of the imports to vary.
This indicator covers 65 countries and 34 industries between 1995 and 2011.
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisationUsers are encouraged to send their comments and questions to TAD Contact
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 country, that are generated in other countries (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100)
Imported emissions by scale effect: the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given country, that would have been generated in other countries if both the composition of industries making the final consumption and emissions factors would have remained constant over time (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100).
Imported emissions by scale and composition effect: the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given country, that would have been generated in other countries if emissions factors had remained constant over time (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100).
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 under two scenarios:
- a scenario where the sectorial composition of the imports and their associated emissions factors remain constant over time, allowing only for the scale of the imports to vary;
- a scenario where only the emissions factors remain constant over time, allowing for both the scale and the composition of the imports to vary.
This indicator 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 country, that are generated in other countries (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100)
Imported emissions by scale effect: the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given country, that would have been generated in other countries if both the composition of industries making the final consumption and emissions factors would have remained constant over time (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100).
Imported emissions by scale and composition effect: the hypothetical amount of carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, associated with the final consumption of a given country, that would have been generated in other countries if emissions factors had remained constant over time (scaled so that the 1995 value equals 100).
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".