Carbon Footprints and Food Systems: Do Current Accounting Methodologies Disadvantage Developing Countries?

by Gareth Edwards-Jones, Michael Friis Jensen, Paul Brenton

This report addresses carbon labeling schemes, a high-profile issue and one that has important economic implications for developing countries. Carbon accounting and labeling instruments are designed to present information on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from supply chains. These instruments have become an important awareness-raising channel for governments, producers, retailers and consumers to bring about the reduction of GHGs. At the same time,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821385399
• ISBN13: 9780821385395
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.7"