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Policy-relevant applications of environmentally extended MRIO databases - Experiences from the UK


Citation Wiedmann, T. and Barrett, J. Policy-relevant applications of environmentally extended MRIO databases - Experiences from the UK. 2013. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2012.761596.
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Author(s) Wiedmann, T. and Barrett, J.
Opus Title Economics Systems Research
Pages 143-156
Volume 25
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2012.761596
Abstract

The impressive development in global multi-region inputoutput (IO) databases is accompanied by an increase in applications published in the scientific literature. However, it is not obvious whether the insights gained from these studies have indeed been used in political decision-making. We ask whether and to what extent there is policy uptake of results from environmentally extended multi-region IO (EE-MRIO) models and how it may be improved. We identify unique characteristics of such models not inherent to other approaches. We then present evidence from the UK showing that a policy process around consumption-based accounting for greenhouse gas emissions and resource use has evolved that is based on results from EE-MRIO modelling. This suggests that specific, policy-relevant information that would be impossible to obtain otherwise can be generated with the helpof EE-MRIO models. Our analysis is limited to environmental applications of global MRIO models and to government policies in the UK.