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Carbon Labelling and Low‐income Country Exports: A Review of the Development Issues

Carbon Labelling and Low‐income Country Exports: A Review of the Development Issues This article discusses the carbon accounting and carbon‐labelling schemes being developed to address growing concerns over climate change. Its particular concern is their impact on small stakeholders, especially low‐income countries. The popular belief that trade is by definition problematic is not true; carbon efficiencies elsewhere in the supply chain may more than offset emissions from transportation. Indeed, low‐income countries may offer important opportunities for carbon emission reductions because of their favourable climatic conditions and use of low energy‐intensive production techniques. However, their effective inclusion in labelling schemes will require innovative solutions to provide low‐cost data collection and certification. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Development Policy Review Wiley

Carbon Labelling and Low‐income Country Exports: A Review of the Development Issues

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Wiley
Copyright
© The Authors 2009. Journal compilation © 2009 Overseas Development Institute.
ISSN
0950-6764
eISSN
1467-7679
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00445.x
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Abstract

This article discusses the carbon accounting and carbon‐labelling schemes being developed to address growing concerns over climate change. Its particular concern is their impact on small stakeholders, especially low‐income countries. The popular belief that trade is by definition problematic is not true; carbon efficiencies elsewhere in the supply chain may more than offset emissions from transportation. Indeed, low‐income countries may offer important opportunities for carbon emission reductions because of their favourable climatic conditions and use of low energy‐intensive production techniques. However, their effective inclusion in labelling schemes will require innovative solutions to provide low‐cost data collection and certification.

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Development Policy ReviewWiley

Published: May 1, 2009

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