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ERA-NET SKEP Project EIPOT (www.eipot.eu) “Development of a methodology for the assessment of global environmental impacts of traded goods and services” Contents 1 Introduction.......................................................................................... 7 1.1 Background .............................................................................................. 7 1.2 Project scope and goal ................................................................................. 7 1.3 Project approach ........................................................................................ 8 1.4 Target audiences........................................................................................ 9 2 Policy Context – Relevant methodological dimensions ..................................10 2.1 Economic dimension................................................................................... 10 2.2 Environmental dimension ............................................................................. 12 2.3 Spatial dimension ...................................................................................... 13 2.4 Temporal dimension ................................................................................... 13 2.5 Life cycles ............................................................................................... 13 3 Results of RACER Evaluation ..................................................................14 3.1 RACER evaluation criteria ............................................................................ 14 3.2 RACER evaluation framework ....................................................................... 15 3.3 Results of RACER evaluation ........................................................................ 16 4 Recommendations on Methodology ..........................................................22 4.1 General conceptual design ........................................................................... 22 4.2 Environmentally extended MRIO as methodological basis ...................................... 23 4.3 Options for hybridisation .............................................................................. 25 4.3.1 Hybridisation between monetary and physical data................................................................. 25 4.3.2 Hybridisation between IOA and Process LCA ....................................................................... 26 4.4 Country and sector resolution ........................................................................ 30 4.4.1 Countries.................................................................................................................. 30 4.4.2 Sectors .................................................................................................................... 31 4.5 Coverage of environmental categories.............................................................. 31 4.5.1 Generalisation of the input-output system............................................................................ 31 4.5.2 Examples of environmental extensions............................................................................... 32 4.6 Summary of recommendations on methodology .................................................. 34 5 Data requirements for EIPOT modelling......................................................35 5.1 Data sources............................................................................................ 36 5.1.1 Data sources for economic data ....................................................................................... 36 5.1.2 Data sources for environmental data ................................................................................. 46 5.1.3 Data sources for trade data ............................................................................................ 51 5.1.4 Data sources for international transportation ........................................................................ 54 5.1.5 Data sources for process and LCA data.............................................................................. 55 5.2 MRIO-specific data requirements.................................................................... 56 5.2.1 Currency conversion .................................................................................................... 56 5.2.2 Disaggregating data ..................................................................................................... 56 5.2.3 Updating data and the production of time series .................................................................... 57 5.3 Uncertainty implications ............................................................................... 59 5.4 Conclusions and recommendations on data ....................................................... 61 5.5 Summary of recommendations on data............................................................. 62 6 General Recommendations .....................................................................63 6.1 Further development of methods and tools for decision-making ................................ 63 6.2 Recommendations for implementation.............................................................. 64 6.2.1 The role of data providers .............................................................................................. 64 6.2.2 Stewardship for EIPOT analysis ....................................................................................... 67 6.3 Recommendations for future research .............................................................. 67 6.4 How to use results of EIPOT studies in policy?.................................................... 68 6.5 Summary of general recommendations............................................................. 70 7 Acknowledgements ...............................................................................70 8 List of Abbreviations..............................................................................70 9 References ..........................................................................................73 5
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