Carbon emissions embodied in demand-supply chains in China

Using the multi-regional input-output model (MRIO), the paper distinguishes the carbon emissions embodied in commodities for domestic final consumption (CBEs, consumption-based emissions) and those for export (EBEs, export-based emissions), and then calculates carbon emissions embodied in the demand-supply chains for consumption and export based on technical coefficients matrix of the MRIO for one country. Taking China as an example, we provide a dynamic analysis of CBEs, EBEs, and carbon emissions embodied in consumption and export demand-supply chains at the sub-national level based on the MRIO tables for 1997 and 2007. The results show that, in China, the transferred carbon emissions embodied in demand-supply chains driven by consumption and export both showed rapid growth during 1997-2007. And the net transferred carbon emissions embodied in the demand-supply chains showed an increasing trend as well. Less developed regions with abundant fossil fuels tend to net flow out carbon emissions. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.