Book chapter
Product carbon footprint standards and schemes
DTU Climate Centre, Systems Analysis Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
Systems Analysis Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark2
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
Concern over climate change has stimulated interest in estimating the total amount of greenhouse gasses (GHG) produced during the different stages in the ‘life-cycle’ of goods and services — that is their production, processing, transportation, sale, use and disposal (Brenton et al., 2008; Edwards-Jones et al., 2008; Øresund Food Network, 2008).
In this chapter we refer to the outcome of these calculations as product carbon footprints (PCFs), where ‘carbon footprint’ is the total amount of GHGs produced for a given activity and ‘product’ is any good or service that is marketed. PCFs are thus distinct from GHG assessments performed at the level of projects, corporations, supply chains, municipalities, nations or individuals.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Pages: | 21-42 |
| Series: | International Political Economy Series |
| Journal subtitle: | Challenges for Africa |
| ISBN: | 0230281354 , 0230579515 , 0333711106 , 1282911325 , 1349368148 , 9780230281356 , 9780230579514 , 9780333711101 , 9781282911321 and 9781349368143 |
| Types: | Book chapter |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9780230281356_2 |
| ORCIDs: | Bolwig, Simon |
