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abstract: 'Non-technical summary
The distribution of household carbon footprints is largely unequal
within and across countries. Here, we explore household-level
consumption data to illustrate the distribution of carbon footprints and
consumption within 26 European Union countries, regions and social
groups. The analysis further sheds light on the relationships between
carbon footprints and socially desirable outcomes such as income,
equality, education, nutrition, sanitation, employment and adequate
living conditions.
Technical summary
We need a good understanding of household carbon distributions in order
to design equitable carbon policy. In this work, we analyse
household-level consumer expenditure from 26 European Union (EU)
countries and link it with greenhouse gas (GHG) intensities from the
multiregional input-output database EXIOBASE. We show carbon footprint
distributions and elasticities by country, region and socio-economic
group in the context of per capita climate targets. The top 10\% of the
population with the highest carbon footprints per capita account for
27\% of the EU carbon footprint, a higher contribution to that of the
bottom 50\% of the population. The top 1\% of EU households have a
carbon footprint of 55 tCO(2)eq/cap. The most significant contribution
is from air and land transport, with 41\% and 21\% among the top 1\% of
EU households. Air transport has a rising elasticity coefficient across
EU expenditure quintiles, making it the most elastic, unequal and
carbon-intensive consumption category in this study. Only 5\% of EU
households live within climate targets, with carbon footprints below 2.5
tCO(2)eq/cap. Our analysis points to the possibility of mitigating
climate change while achieving various well-being outcomes. Further
attention is needed to limit trade-offs between climate change
mitigation and socially desirable outcomes.
Social media summary
EU top 1\% of households emit 22 times the per capita climate targets.
Only 5\% of EU households live within the targets.'
affiliation: 'Ivanova, D (Corresponding Author), Univ Leeds, Sch Earth \& Environm,
Leeds, W Yorkshire, England.
Ivanova, D (Corresponding Author), Norwegian Univ Sci \& Technol, Ind Ecol Programme,
Trondheim, Norway.
Ivanova, Diana, Univ Leeds, Sch Earth \& Environm, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England.
Ivanova, Diana; Wood, Richard, Norwegian Univ Sci \& Technol, Ind Ecol Programme,
Trondheim, Norway.'
article-number: e18
author: Ivanova, Diana and Wood, Richard
author-email: d.ivanova@leeds.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Ivanova
given: Diana
- family: Wood
given: Richard
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1017/sus.2020.12
eissn: 2059-4798
files: []
journal: GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY
keywords: 'adaptation and mitigation; ecology and biodiversity; energy; human
behaviour; policies; politics and governance'
keywords-plus: 'CLIMATE POLICY; CO2 EMISSIONS; CONSUMPTION; ENERGY; MITIGATION; IMPACTS;
EXPENDITURE; INEQUALITY; TRANSPORT; POVERTY'
language: English
number-of-cited-references: '62'
orcid-numbers: Wood, Richard/0000-0002-7906-3324
papis_id: 0c63a75531ec5e79591ae28d6fca7ed8
ref: Ivanova2020unequaldistribution
researcherid-numbers: Wood, Richard/E-4111-2015
times-cited: '58'
title: The unequal distribution of household carbon footprints in Europe and its link
to sustainability
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000769813600018
usage-count-last-180-days: '10'
usage-count-since-2013: '17'
volume: '3'
web-of-science-categories: 'Green \& Sustainable Science \& Technology; Environmental
Sciences;
Environmental Studies'
year: '2020'