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  Future changes in consumption: The income effect on greenhouse gas emissions

Bjelle, E. L., Wiebe, K. S., Többen, J., Tisserant, A., Ivanova, D., Vita, G., Wood, R. (2021): Future changes in consumption: The income effect on greenhouse gas emissions. - Energy Economics, 95, 105114.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105114

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Bjelle, Eivind Lekve 1, Author
Wiebe, Kirsten S. 1, Author
Többen, Johannes2, Author              
Tisserant, Alexandre 1, Author
Ivanova, Diana 1, Author
Vita, Gibran 1, Author
Wood, Richard 1, Author
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2Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, ou_persistent13              

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Free keywords: Scenario analysis, Multiregional input-output (MRIO), GHG emissions, Household consumption, Future environmental impact of consumption, Quadratic almost ideal demand system (QUAIDS)
 Abstract: The scale and patterns of household consumption are important determinants of environmental impacts.Whilst affluence has been shown to have a strong correlation with environmental impact, they do not necessarily grow at the same rate. Given the apparent contradiction between the sustainable development goals of economic growth and environmental protection, it is important to understand the effect of rising affluence and concurrent changing consumption patterns on future environmental impacts. Here we develop an econometric demand model based on the data available froma global multiregional input-output dataset.We model future household consumption following scenarios of population and GDP growth for 49 individual regions. The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from the future household demand is then explored both with andwithout consideration of the change in expenditure over time on different consumption categories. Compared to a baseline scenario where final demand grows in line with the 2011 average consumption pattern up until 2030, we find that changing consumer preferences with increasing affluence has a small negative effect on global cumulative GHG emissions. The differences are more profound on both a regional and a product level. For the demand model scenario, we find the largest decrease in GHG emissions for the BRICS and other developing countries, while emissions in North America and the EU remain unchanged. Decreased spending and resulting emissions on food are cancelled out by increased spending and emissions on transportation. Despite relatively small global differences between the scenarios, the regional and sectoralwedges indicate that there is a large untapped potential in environmental policies and lifestyle changes that can complement the technological transition towards a low-emitting society.

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 Dates: 2021-01-092021-01-152021-02-04
 Publication Status: Finally published
 Pages: 17
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: PIKDOMAIN: FutureLab - Social Metabolism and Impacts
Organisational keyword: FutureLab - Social Metabolism and Impacts
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105114
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Title: Energy Economics
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 95 Sequence Number: 105114 Start / End Page: - Identifier: Publisher: Elsevier
Other: 0140-9883
Other: 1873-6181
ISSN: 0140-9883
CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/energy-economics
Publisher: Elsevier