When combined with the International Energy Agency's statistics on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion and other industry statistics, the OECD Inter-Country Input-Output (ICIO) database can be used to estimate demand-based CO2 emissions. That is, the distribution across economies of final demand (household consumption and industry investment) for embodied carbon that has been emitted anywhere in the world, along global production chains.
The Trade in Embodied CO2 (TECO2) database presents a set of indicators to reveal patterns of CO2 demand compared to CO2 production (via resident industry or household emissions). The aim is to provide policy makers with new insights into the environmental impacts of global production systems.
Indicators presented in TECO2 database include: CO2 emissions based on production (i.e. emitted by countries); CO2 emissions embodied in domestic final demand (i.e. consumed by countries); net exports of CO2 emissions; production and demand-based per capita emissions; and country of origin of emissions in final demand.
