Greenhouse gas emissions from a consumption perspective in a global economy

As a result, CP/RAC launched a major area of work in 2007 to tackle climate change from the perspective of final consumption and related trade. This approach provides new elements which can be used to design GHG reduction strategies, at both nacional and international levels, and to promote patterns for sustainable production and consumption. Furthermore, consumption-based emissions provide a Framework which can be used to measure the responsibility of the consumer, and this may be highly relevant in the negotiations to define international climate change policies.