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

Brenton, Paul; Edwards-Jones, Gareth; Jensen, Michael Friis

dc.creator	Brenton, Paul
dc.creator	Edwards-Jones, Gareth
dc.creator	Jensen, Michael Friis
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:14Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:35:14Z
dc.date	2010
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:37:37Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:37:37Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100928010610
dc.identifier	978-0-8213-8539-5
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2506
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242933
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.relation	World Bank Study
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject	AIR
dc.subject	AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS
dc.subject	ALLOCATION
dc.subject	CALCULATION
dc.subject	CAPITAL GOODS
dc.subject	CARBON
dc.subject	CARBON ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	CARBON CONTENT
dc.subject	CARBON CREDITS
dc.subject	CARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subject	CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT
dc.subject	CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subject	CARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subject	CARBON SEQUESTRATION
dc.subject	CARBON STOCKS
dc.subject	CARBON STORAGE
dc.subject	CH4
dc.subject	CHEMICALS
dc.subject	CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM
dc.subject	CLEANERS
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subject	CLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subject	CO
dc.subject	CO2
dc.subject	COAL
dc.subject	COAL MINING
dc.subject	COLORS
dc.subject	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subject	COMPOST
dc.subject	COMPOSTING
dc.subject	CONSERVATION
dc.subject	CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DIESEL
dc.subject	DIESEL GENERATORS
dc.subject	ECOLOGICAL ZONES
dc.subject	ECOLOGY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subject	EMISSION
dc.subject	EMISSION FACTOR
dc.subject	EMISSION FACTORS
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subject	EMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	EMISSION VALUES
dc.subject	EMISSIONS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS DATA
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM LAND USE CHANGE
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM SOILS
dc.subject	EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT
dc.subject	EMISSIONS REDUCTION
dc.subject	EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subject	ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	ENERGY MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	ENERGY USE
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject	FARMS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	FISHERIES
dc.subject	FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FOREST TYPES
dc.subject	FORESTRY
dc.subject	FOSSIL FUELS
dc.subject	FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	GHG
dc.subject	GHGS
dc.subject	GLOBAL EMISSION
dc.subject	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subject	GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL
dc.subject	GOLD
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION
dc.subject	GREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subject	GWP
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
dc.subject	IPCC
dc.subject	LAKES
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LAND USE CHANGE
dc.subject	LAND-USE CHANGE
dc.subject	LAND-USE CHANGE EMISSIONS
dc.subject	LANDFILL
dc.subject	LIVESTOCK EMISSIONS
dc.subject	LOSS OF SOIL CARBON
dc.subject	LOW-CARBON
dc.subject	MANURE
dc.subject	METALS
dc.subject	METHANE
dc.subject	N2O
dc.subject	NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	NATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subject	NEGATIVE IMPACTS
dc.subject	NH3
dc.subject	NITROGEN
dc.subject	NITROUS OXIDE
dc.subject	NOX
dc.subject	OIL
dc.subject	ORGANIC CARBON
dc.subject	PET
dc.subject	PRODUCERS
dc.subject	RAW MATERIALS
dc.subject	RECYCLING
dc.subject	ROAD TRANSPORT
dc.subject	SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	SODA
dc.subject	SOIL CARBON
dc.subject	SUGAR CANE
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	THERMAL POWER
dc.subject	TOTAL EMISSIONS
dc.subject	TROPICAL FORESTS
dc.subject	TROPICAL REGIONS
dc.subject	TROPICS
dc.subject	UNCERTAINTIES
dc.subject	WASTE
dc.subject	WASTE DISPOSAL
dc.subject	WASTE GENERATION
dc.subject	WASTE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	WIND
dc.subject	WORST-CASE
dc.title	Carbon Footprints and Food Systems : Do Current Accounting Methodologies Disadvantage Developing Countries?
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication