<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Climate change and environmental policies are widely discussed, but much less is known about emissions embodied in goods traded internationally, and the distinction between emission producers and consumers. The carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central European countries are subject to examination in this paper. As a result of industrial restructuring and environmental legislation, air pollution has improved significantly in Central European countries since the 1989 transition. On the other hand, economic growth has been accompanied by a rise in consumerism. Despite the increasing role of exports, the Visegrad group countries have become net importers of carbon dioxide emissions between 1995 and 2008. This seems to be the ‘standard trajectory’ of a country’s transition toward a more developed and consumption-oriented economy. The global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions embodied in manufacturing exports are also mapped, using network analysis and constructing ‘product space’. The analysis confirms that industrial re-structuring played an important role in lowering the production of carbon dioxide emissions in the Visegrad countries.</p></abstract>

Climate change and environmental policies are widely discussed, but much less is known about emissions embodied in goods traded internationally, and the distinction between emission producers and consumers. The carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central European countries are subject to examination in this paper. As a result of industrial restructuring and environmental legislation, air pollution has improved significantly in Central European countries since the 1989 transition. On the other hand, economic growth has been accompanied by a rise in consumerism. Despite the increasing role of exports, the Visegrad group countries have become net importers of carbon dioxide emissions between 1995 and 2008. This seems to be the ‘standard trajectory’ of a country’s transition toward a more developed and consumption-oriented economy. The global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions embodied in manufacturing exports are also mapped, using network analysis and constructing ‘product space’. The analysis confirms that industrial re-structuring played an important role in lowering the production of carbon dioxide emissions in the Visegrad countries.

Carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central Europe between 1995 and 2008

Department of World Economy, Faculty of International Relations of the University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings, Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Climate change and environmental policies are widely discussed, but much less is known about emissions embodied in goods traded internationally, and the...

Carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central Europe between 1995 and 2008

Published Online: Jan 22, 2016

Page range: 2 - 13

Received: Sep 03, 2014

Accepted: Nov 13, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2015-0020

Keywords
carbon dioxide, embodied emissions, international trade, revealed comparative advantage, product space, Visegrad Group countries

© 2015 Jana Vlčková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Carbon dioxide emissions embodied in international trade in Central Europe between 1995 and 2008

Published Online: Jan 22, 2016

Page range: 2 - 13

Received: Sep 03, 2014

Accepted: Nov 13, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2015-0020

Keywordscarbon dioxide, embodied emissions, international trade, revealed comparative advantage, product space, Visegrad Group countries

© 2015 Jana Vlčková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
carbon dioxide, embodied emissions, international trade, revealed comparative advantage, product space, Visegrad Group countries