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Carbon Footprints and Food Systems : Do Current Accounting Methodologies Disadvantage Developing Countries?

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dc.contributor.authorEdwards-Jones, Gareth
dc.contributor.authorBrenton, Paul
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Michael Friis
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T09:35:14Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T09:35:14Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractCarbon accounting and labeling are new instruments of supply chain management and, in some cases, of regulation that may affect trade from developing counties. These instruments are used to analyze and present information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from supply chains with the hope that they will help bring about reductions of GHGs. The designers of these schemes are caught in a dilemma: on one hand they have to respond to policy and corporate agendas to create new ways of responding to climate change challenges, while on the other they rely on very rudimentary knowledge about the actual GHG emissions emanating from the varied production systems that occur around the globe. This is because the underlying science of GHG emissions from agricultural systems is only partially developed; this is particularly true for supply chains that include activities in developing countries (Edwards-Jones et al., 2009). As a result of the pressures placed on designers and users of carbon accounting and labeling instruments, who are predominantly based in industrialized countries, there is a risk that carbon accounting and labeling instruments will not adequately represent production systems in developing countries. This report seeks to examine the potential for emerging carbon accounting and labeling schemes to accurately represent the production systems in developing countries. In order to achieve this it includes analyses of typical problems that may occur if the characteristics of developing countries' production systems are not taken into account properly. By doing this, the report provides relevant and necessary scientific data that illustrate potential problem areas that, if not addressed, may lead to developing-country carbon efficiencies not being given proper credit.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-8539-5
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-8539-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/2506
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Study
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectAIRCRAFT EMISSIONS
dc.subjectALLOCATION
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCAPITAL GOODS
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON ACCOUNTING
dc.subjectCARBON CONTENT
dc.subjectCARBON CREDITS
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subjectCARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subjectCARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subjectCARBON STOCKS
dc.subjectCARBON STORAGE
dc.subjectCH4
dc.subjectCHEMICALS
dc.subjectCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
dc.subjectCLEANERS
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subjectCLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subjectCO
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOAL MINING
dc.subjectCOLORS
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCOMPOST
dc.subjectCOMPOSTING
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectCONSUMER BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDIESEL
dc.subjectDIESEL GENERATORS
dc.subjectECOLOGICAL ZONES
dc.subjectECOLOGY
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectECOSYSTEMS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectEMISSION FACTOR
dc.subjectEMISSION FACTORS
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectEMISSION VALUES
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS DATA
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM LAND USE
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM SOILS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
dc.subjectENERGY MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectENERGY USE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFOREST TYPES
dc.subjectFORESTRY
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUELS
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectGHG
dc.subjectGHGS
dc.subjectGLOBAL EMISSION
dc.subjectGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL
dc.subjectGOLD
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subjectGWP
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectLAKES
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE CHANGE
dc.subjectLAND-USE CHANGE
dc.subjectLAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS
dc.subjectLANDFILL
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK EMISSIONS
dc.subjectLOSS OF SOIL CARBON
dc.subjectLOW-CARBON
dc.subjectMANURE
dc.subjectMETALS
dc.subjectMETHANE
dc.subjectN2O
dc.subjectNATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subjectNH3
dc.subjectNITROGEN
dc.subjectNITROUS OXIDE
dc.subjectNOX
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectORGANIC CARBON
dc.subjectPET
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectRAW MATERIALS
dc.subjectRECYCLING
dc.subjectROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectSODA
dc.subjectSOIL CARBON
dc.subjectSUGAR CANE
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTHERMAL POWER
dc.subjectTOTAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectTROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subjectTROPICAL REGIONS
dc.subjectTROPICS
dc.subjectUNCERTAINTIES
dc.subjectWASTE
dc.subjectWASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subjectWASTE GENERATION
dc.subjectWASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWIND
dc.subjectWORST-CASE
dc.titleCarbon Footprints and Food Systems : Do Current Accounting Methodologies Disadvantage Developing Countries?en
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
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okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeEnvironment and Natural Resources
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.guid512901468331833075
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-8539-5
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum12810316
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okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnergy::Energy and Environment
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Climate Change Economics
okr.topicEnvironment::Environment and Energy Efficiency
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
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