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Calculating the Carbon Footprint from Different Classes of Air Travel

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dc.contributor.authorBofinger, Heinrich
dc.contributor.authorStrand, Jon
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-04T19:03:17Z
dc.date.available2013-09-04T19:03:17Z
dc.date.issued2013-05
dc.description.abstractThis paper develops a new methodology for calculating the "carbon footprint" of air travel whereby emissions from travel in premium (business and first) classes depend heavily on the average class-specific occupied floor space. Unlike methods currently used for the purpose, the approach properly accounts for the fact that the relative number of passenger seats in economy and premium classes is endogenous in the longer term, so adding one additional premium trip crowds out more than one economy trip on any particular flight. It also shows how these differences in carbon attributable to different classes of travel in a carbon footprint calculation correspond to how carbon surcharges on different classes of travel would differ if carbon emissions from international aviation were taxed given a competitive aviation sector globally. The paper shows how this approach affects carbon footprint calculations by applying it to World Bank staff travel for calendar year 2009.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17784322/calculating-carbon-footprint-different-classes-air-travel
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6471
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/15602
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 6471
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectAIR CARRIER
dc.subjectAIR PASSENGER
dc.subjectAIR ROUTES
dc.subjectAIR TRANSPORT
dc.subjectAIR TRAVEL
dc.subjectAIR TRAVELERS
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT EMISSIONS
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT FUEL
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT SIZE
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT TYPES
dc.subjectAIRPORT
dc.subjectAIRPORTS
dc.subjectALBEDO
dc.subjectALTERNATIVE TRAVEL
dc.subjectALTITUDE
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
dc.subjectAVERAGE LOAD FACTOR
dc.subjectAVERAGE LOAD FACTORS
dc.subjectAVERAGE PASSENGER
dc.subjectAVERAGE TRIP LENGTH
dc.subjectAVIATION ACTIVITY
dc.subjectAVIATION FUEL
dc.subjectAVIATION INDUSTRY
dc.subjectAVIATION SECTOR
dc.subjectBASES
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSION
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subjectCARBON OFFSETTING
dc.subjectCARBON PRICES
dc.subjectCARBON TAXES
dc.subjectCARRIERS
dc.subjectCH4
dc.subjectCIRRUS CLOUD
dc.subjectCIRRUS CLOUDS
dc.subjectCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE EFFECT
dc.subjectCLOUD
dc.subjectCLOUD CONDENSATION
dc.subjectCLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI
dc.subjectCO
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM AVIATION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS QUOTAS
dc.subjectEMISSIVITY
dc.subjectENGINES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AVIATION
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFARES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFLIGHT DISTANCE
dc.subjectFLOOR SPACE
dc.subjectFREIGHT
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL BURN
dc.subjectFUEL CHARGES
dc.subjectFUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFUEL COST
dc.subjectFUEL COSTS
dc.subjectFUEL ECONOMY
dc.subjectFUEL EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectFUEL PRICE
dc.subjectFUEL TANKS
dc.subjectGASES
dc.subjectGHG
dc.subjectGHGS
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectGLOBAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectHIGH FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectIMPACT OF AVIATION EMISSIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AVIATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectLOAD FACTORS
dc.subjectMETHANE
dc.subjectMILEAGE
dc.subjectMOBILITY
dc.subjectMONTREAL
dc.subjectNATIONAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectNITROGEN
dc.subjectNITROGEN OXIDES
dc.subjectNOX
dc.subjectO3
dc.subjectOZONE
dc.subjectPARTICLES
dc.subjectPASSENGER TRANSPORT
dc.subjectPASSENGERS
dc.subjectPE
dc.subjectPP
dc.subjectRADIATIVE FORCING
dc.subjectRAIL
dc.subjectRAIL TRAVEL
dc.subjectROUTE
dc.subjectSPAN
dc.subjectSPREADING
dc.subjectSTRATOSPHERE
dc.subjectSULPHATE
dc.subjectSULPHUR
dc.subjectSURCHARGES
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRAVEL ACTIVITY
dc.subjectTRAVEL DATA
dc.subjectTRAVELERS
dc.subjectTRIP
dc.subjectTRIP LENGTH
dc.subjectTRIPS
dc.subjectTROPOSPHERE
dc.subjectTRUE
dc.subjectVEHICLE
dc.subjectVEHICLE FLEET
dc.subjectWATER VAPOR
dc.titleCalculating the Carbon Footprint from Different Classes of Air Travelen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.crossref.titleCalculating the Carbon Footprint from Different Classes of Air Travel
okr.date.disclosure2013-05-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:48:02.223253Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17784322/calculating-carbon-footprint-different-classes-air-travel
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.guid141851468168853188
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6471
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okr.topicRoads and Highways
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnvironment::Montreal Protocol
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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