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Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
Monitoring the consumption footprint of countries to support policy-making: An assessment of data availability in Germany
Monitoring the consumption footprint of countries to support policy-making: An assessment of data availability in Germany
Autor:innen
Herausgeber
Quelle
Journal of Industrial Ecology
27 (2023), Heft 5
27 (2023), Heft 5
Schlagwörter
Industrielle Ökologie, Ökobilanz
Zitation
NUSS, Philip, Esther SANYÉ-MENGUAL und Serenella SALA, 2023. Monitoring the consumption footprint of countries to support policy-making: An assessment of data availability in Germany. Journal of Industrial Ecology [online]. 2023. Bd. 27 (2023), Heft 5. DOI 10.60810/openumwelt-1474. Verfügbar unter: https://openumwelt.de/handle/123456789/1592
Zusammenfassung englisch
The European Green Deal and the German Resource Efficiency Programme both aim at decoupling resource consumption and associated environmental burdens from economic growth. Monitoring the progress of such policies requires robust estimates of environmental pressures and impacts, both from a domestic and a footprint perspective. Building on the life cycle assessment-based consumption footprint (CoF) indicator, developed by the European Commission Joint Research Centre, we assess the environmental impacts of Germany's consumption in the areas of food, mobility, housing, household goods, and appliances during the period 2010â€Ì2018. A comparison between European and national consumption statistics revealed some differences in terms of data composition, granularity, consumption intensities, and calculated environmental impacts. Using national data sources results in slightly lower environmental impacts (e.g., due to differences in the assessment scope of national statistics) and requires some data preparation to match the CoF indicator. Emerging consumption trends can be highlighted using national data. Both data sources converge on main trends: Germany transgresses the safe operating space for several impact categories, with consumption of food, household goods, and mobility being the main drivers. Domestic impacts have decreased over time at the expense of outsourcing environmental pressures and impacts to other countries. The CoF indicator could complement resource monitoring frameworks and might be further aligned to the national context using country-level consumption statistics and life cycle inventory data. Quelle: Wiley