Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation

By using an environmentally extended multi-regional input-output model, this paper analyses the Spanish households’ carbon footprint for the 2008–2017 period considering the municipality size as well as the urban or rural residential zone where families live. Results show that, on a per capita basis...

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Autores: Tomás, Manuel, López Santiago, Luis Antonio, Monsalve Serrano, Fabio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/34214
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10578/34214
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Palabra clave:Carbon footprint
Carbon pricing
Climate change
Inequality
Input-output analysis
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spelling Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxationTomás, ManuelLópez Santiago, Luis AntonioMonsalve Serrano, FabioCarbon footprintCarbon pricingClimate changeInequalityInput-output analysisBy using an environmentally extended multi-regional input-output model, this paper analyses the Spanish households’ carbon footprint for the 2008–2017 period considering the municipality size as well as the urban or rural residential zone where families live. Results show that, on a per capita basis, inhabitants of medium-large municipalities emit fewer carbon emissions than those settled in small ones (between 0.34 and 0.54 tCO2/cap depending on the year studied). This carbon unbalance is mainly explained by the higher direct carbon footprints of dwellers who reside in small municipalities and, in special, in rural zones. Furthermore, applying inequality measures through a consumption-based carbon footprint Gini coefficient, we show that both income and CO2 emissions inequality are lower in small municipalities. In the light of the findings, in Spain, the application of a carbon pricing on direct and indirect carbon footprints will be regressive, disproportionally affecting people of small municipalities and rural areas. Accordingly, household carbon inequalities must be contemplated to avoid poorly designed climate change mitigation policies.Elsevier202420242020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10578/34214reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglés821105 (LOCOMOTION project)MDM2017-0714RTI2018-099858-A-100ECO2016-78939-Rinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/342142026-05-27T07:36:41Z
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title Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation
spellingShingle Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation
Tomás, Manuel
Carbon footprint
Carbon pricing
Climate change
Inequality
Input-output analysis
title_short Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation
title_full Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation
title_fullStr Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation
title_full_unstemmed Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation
title_sort Carbon footprint, municipality size and rurality in Spain: Inequality and carbon taxation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tomás, Manuel
López Santiago, Luis Antonio
Monsalve Serrano, Fabio
author Tomás, Manuel
author_facet Tomás, Manuel
López Santiago, Luis Antonio
Monsalve Serrano, Fabio
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author2 López Santiago, Luis Antonio
Monsalve Serrano, Fabio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Carbon footprint
Carbon pricing
Climate change
Inequality
Input-output analysis
topic Carbon footprint
Carbon pricing
Climate change
Inequality
Input-output analysis
description By using an environmentally extended multi-regional input-output model, this paper analyses the Spanish households’ carbon footprint for the 2008–2017 period considering the municipality size as well as the urban or rural residential zone where families live. Results show that, on a per capita basis, inhabitants of medium-large municipalities emit fewer carbon emissions than those settled in small ones (between 0.34 and 0.54 tCO2/cap depending on the year studied). This carbon unbalance is mainly explained by the higher direct carbon footprints of dwellers who reside in small municipalities and, in special, in rural zones. Furthermore, applying inequality measures through a consumption-based carbon footprint Gini coefficient, we show that both income and CO2 emissions inequality are lower in small municipalities. In the light of the findings, in Spain, the application of a carbon pricing on direct and indirect carbon footprints will be regressive, disproportionally affecting people of small municipalities and rural areas. Accordingly, household carbon inequalities must be contemplated to avoid poorly designed climate change mitigation policies.
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