Carbon Labeling and Poor Country Exports
Carbon labelling is being adopted by private firms as a mechanism for mitigating climate change. Such schemes are likely to have a significant impact on low-income country exports due to the need for transportation and the small size of their exporters. However, transport emissions may be offset by favorable production conditions and size bias may be reduced. The design and implementation of carbon labelling will need to take into account a number of complex, technical challenges. As innovative solutions emerge, it is important that low income countries are involved in discussions on the design and implementation of carbon labelling.
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2008-07
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| Subjects: | AIR, AIR FREIGHT, AIR TRANSPORT, CARBON, CARBON EMISSION, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON SAVINGS, CHANGES IN LAND USE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, DIRECT MEASUREMENT, EMISSION, EMISSION DATA, EMISSION FACTORS, ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, FUEL, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HIGH EMISSIONS, INCOME, LAND USE, LONGER DISTANCES, MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL RESOURCES, PESTICIDES, RAISE AWARENESS, ROADS, SCIENTIFIC STUDIES, SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT, SHIPS, SUGAR CANE, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT EMISSIONS, TRANSPORTATION, TRUE, VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/07/9795845/carbon-labeling-poor-country-exports https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11149 |
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| Summary: | Carbon labelling is being adopted by
private firms as a mechanism for mitigating climate change.
Such schemes are likely to have a significant impact on
low-income country exports due to the need for
transportation and the small size of their exporters.
However, transport emissions may be offset by favorable
production conditions and size bias may be reduced. The
design and implementation of carbon labelling will need to
take into account a number of complex, technical challenges.
As innovative solutions emerge, it is important that low
income countries are involved in discussions on the design
and implementation of carbon labelling. |
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