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

Carbon 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) em...

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Main Authors:	Brenton, Paul, Edwards-Jones, Gareth, Jensen, Michael Friis
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AIR AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS ALLOCATION CALCULATION CAPITAL GOODS CARBON CARBON ACCOUNTING CARBON CONTENT CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STOCKS CARBON STORAGE CH4 CHEMICALS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEANERS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE RESEARCH CO CO2 COAL COAL MINING COLORS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS COMPOST COMPOSTING CONSERVATION CONSUMER BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL DIESEL GENERATORS ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECOLOGY ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECOSYSTEMS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION VALUES EMISSIONS EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE EMISSIONS FROM SOILS EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY FARMS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISHERIES FOOD PRODUCTION FOREST FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE GHG GHGS GLOBAL EMISSION GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL GOLD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES GWP INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY IPCC LAKES LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LAND-USE CHANGE LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS LANDFILL LIVESTOCK EMISSIONS LOSS OF SOIL CARBON LOW-CARBON MANURE METALS METHANE N2O NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NH3 NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NOX OIL ORGANIC CARBON PET PRODUCERS RAW MATERIALS RECYCLING ROAD TRANSPORT SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SODA SOIL CARBON SUGAR CANE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THERMAL POWER TOTAL EMISSIONS TROPICAL FORESTS TROPICAL REGIONS TROPICS UNCERTAINTIES WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTE GENERATION WASTE MANAGEMENT WIND WORST-CASE
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Summary:	Carbon 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.

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

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