Estimation of carbon emissions embodied in India’s exports

Shifali Goyal () and Areej A. Siddiqui ()
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Shifali Goyal: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India
Areej A. Siddiqui: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India

No 2156, Working Papers from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Abstract: This study tries to estimate the carbon emissions embodied in India’s exports to five of its major trading partners, i.e., USA, UAE, Hong Kong, China and Bangladesh, for the year 2015.In order to quantify the same, Bilateral Trade Input-Output (BTIO) model is being used. The study found huge emission embodiment in India’s exports, and also calculated the emission intensity of the goods exported. Once the calculation of emissions embodied in exports is done, the paper further highlights that carbon emissions embodied in India’s exports is not determined by just the quantum of the goods exported, but composition of goods traded and emission intensity of the traded goods also have a substantial impact over emission embodiment. Hence, the study suggests to shift India’s energy consumption patterns from carbon intensive ones to the cleaner and renewable ones, and to reduce its emission intensity

Keywords: Carbon emissions; Bilateral Trade; Input-Output Analysis; Bilateral Trade Input-Output Model (BTIO) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C67 F18 F64 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2021
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