1. Counting Carbon in the Marketplace – and at the Border
- Author:
- Simon Bolwig and Peter Gibbon
- Publication Date:
- 12-2009
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
- Abstract:
- Carbon labelling or 'footprinting' of products poses several challenges for developing countries including costs, the availability of relevant data, and the implicit bias of Northern standards against labour-intensive manufacturing. Donors can help alleviate these problems through supporting Southern research institutions in calculating footprints for locally-produced products, by helping to develop comprehensive and user-friendly open access databases, and by insisting that emerging standards in the area are non-discriminatory
- Topic:
- Climate Change and Environment
- Political Geography:
- Europe