Emission Embodied in International Trade and Its Responsibility from the Perspective of Global Value Chain: Progress, Trends, and Challenges
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Emission Embodied in International Trade
2.1. The Calculation of EEIT
2.2. Driving Factors of Emission Embodied in International Trade
3. Research on Global Emission Responsibility
3.1. Production-Based Responsibility
3.2. Consumption-Based Responsibility
3.3. Income-Based Responsibility
3.4. Shared Responsibility
4. GVC Theory and Its Utilization in Carbon Emission
4.1. The Accounting Framework of GVC
4.2. Measurement of GVC
4.3. The Utilization of GVC Theory in Emission Research
5. Conclusions and Perspectives
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhang, B.; Bai, S.; Ning, Y.; Ding, T.; Zhang, Y. Emission Embodied in International Trade and Its Responsibility from the Perspective of Global Value Chain: Progress, Trends, and Challenges. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3097. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083097
Zhang B, Bai S, Ning Y, Ding T, Zhang Y. Emission Embodied in International Trade and Its Responsibility from the Perspective of Global Value Chain: Progress, Trends, and Challenges. Sustainability. 2020; 12(8):3097. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083097
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Boya, Shukuan Bai, Yadong Ning, Tao Ding, and Yan Zhang. 2020. "Emission Embodied in International Trade and Its Responsibility from the Perspective of Global Value Chain: Progress, Trends, and Challenges" Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3097. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083097