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There are two approaches for measuring nationwide emissions: Production-based measurement (emissions produced within a country); and consumption-based measurement (emissions produced to manufacture and deliver the products and services a country consumes). A production-based approach runs the risk o...

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Published inConverting Magazine Vol. 27; no. 12; p. 14
Main Author Stevenson, Martha
Format Magazine Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newton Reed Business Information, Inc. (US) 01.12.2009
Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc
Subjects
Air pollution
Carbon
Climate change
Consumption
Emissions
Global temperature changes
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Kyoto Protocol
Manufacturing
Measurement
Packaging industry
Sustainable development
United States > US
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Summary:There are two approaches for measuring nationwide emissions: Production-based measurement (emissions produced within a country); and consumption-based measurement (emissions produced to manufacture and deliver the products and services a country consumes). A production-based approach runs the risk of hiding real increases in total GHG emissions.
ISSN:0746-7141