• Does climate action destroy jobs? An assessment of the employment implications of the 2‐degree goal 

      Montt, Guillermo; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Harsdoff, Marek; Silva Simas, Moana; Bonnet, Antoine; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The Paris Agreement lays out the objective of keeping global warming below 2 °C. The goal can be achieved by increasing both the share of renewables in the energy mix and energy efficiency. Such action entails a transformation ...
    • Energia eólica, geração de empregos e desenvolvimento sustentável 

      Silva Simas, Moana; Pacca, Sergio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Wind power development in Brazil has experienced a long period of slow growth; however, projects contracted over the last three years might increase the current installed capacity by fivefold. This was the fastest growing ...
    • Environmental and resource footprints in a global context: Europe’s structural deficit in resource endowments 

      Tukker, Arnold; Bulavskaya, Tanya; Giljum, Stefan; de Koning, Arjan; Lutter, Stephan; Silva Simas, Moana; Stadler, Konstantin; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The European Union (EU) has proposed in its Resource-efficiency roadmap a ‘dashboard of indicators’ consisting of four headline indicators for carbon, water, land and materials. The EU recognizes the need to use a ...
    • Estimating the human appropriation of land in Brazil by means of an Input-Output Economic Model and Ecological Footprint analysis 

      Salvo, Gabriele; Silva Simas, Moana; Pacca, Sergio; Guilhoto, Joaquim J.M.; Tomas, Acacio R.G.; Abramovay, Ricardo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      As we confront the current environmental crisis, determining the biophysical base (e.g., materials, energy, land, and water) of nations has become paramount. With advanced economies benefiting from the import of ...
    • EXIOBASE 3: Developing a time series of detailed environmentally extended multi‐regional input‐output tables 

      Stadler, Konstantin; Wood, Richard; Bulavskaya, Tatyana; Södersten, Carl-Johan; Silva Simas, Moana; Schmidt, Sarah; Usubiaga, Arkaitz; Acosta-Fernandez, Jose; Kuenen, Jeroen; Bruckner, Martin; Giljum, Stefan; Lutter, Stephan; Merciai, Stefano; Schmidt, Jannick H.; Theurl, Michaela; Plutzar, Christoph; Kastner, Thomas; Eisenmenger, Nina; Erb, Karl-Heinz; de Koning, Arjan; Tukker, Arnold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Environmentally extended multiregional input‐output (EE MRIO) tables have emerged as a key framework to provide a comprehensive description of the global economy and analyze its effects on the environment. Of the available ...
    • Global Circular Economy Scenario in a Multiregional Input-Output Framework 

      Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Harsdorff, Marek; Montt, Guillermo; Silva Simas, Moana; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In a resource-constrained world of an estimated 10 billion people in 2050 with the same material aspirations of today’s high-income nations, there is no question: The future economy will need to be circular. From a policy ...
    • Global Sustainability Accounting - Developing EXIOBASE for Multi-Regional Footprint Analysis 

      Wood, Richard; Stadler, Konstantin; Bulavskaya, Tatyana; Lutter, Stephan; Giljum, Stefan; de Koning, Arjan; Kuenen, Jeroen; Schutz, Helmut; Acosta-Fernandez, Jose; Usubiaga, Arkaitz; Silva Simas, Moana; Ivanova, Olga; Weinzettel, Jan; Schmidt, Jannick H.; Merciai, Stefano; Tukker, Arnold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Measuring progress towards sustainable development requires appropriate frameworks and databases. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) is undergoing continuous refinement with these objectives in mind. In ...
    • Growth in Environmental Footprints and Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade: Resource Efficiency Indicators from EXIOBASE3 

      Wood, Richard; Stadler, Konstantin; Silva Simas, Moana; Bulavskaya, Tatyana; Giljum, Stefan; Lutter, Stephan; Tukker, Arnold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Most countries show a relative decoupling of economic growth from domestic resource use, implying increased resource efficiency. However, international trade facilitates the exchange of products between regions with disparate ...
    • L'action pour le climat, une action contre l'emploi? Évaluation des conséquences du scénario à 2 °C sur l'emploi 

      Montt, Guillermo; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Harsdoff, Marek; Silva Simas, Moana; Bonnet, Antoine; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      L'Accord de Paris fixe pour objectif de limiter le réchauffement climatique à 2 °C. Il faudra pour cela accroître la part des énergies renouvelables et améliorer l'efficacité énergétique. Une telle transition énergétique ...
    • ¿La acción climática destruye empleos? Efectos del objetivo de los 2 °C del Acuerdo de París en el empleo 

      Montt, Guillermo; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Harsdoff, Marek; Silva Simas, Moana; Bonnet, Antoine; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      El Acuerdo de París establece el objetivo de mantener el calentamiento global por debajo de los 2 °C a partir de los niveles preindustriales. Ello puede lograrse aumentando la proporción de energías renovables y la eficiencia ...
    • Labor Embodied in Trade: The Role of Labor and Energy Productivity and Implications for Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

      Silva Simas, Moana; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Global production chains carry environmental and socioeconomic impacts embodied in each traded good and service. Even though labor and energy productivities tend to be higher for domestic production in high‐income countries ...
    • The structure, drivers and policy implications of the European carbon footprint 

      Wood, Richard; Neuhoff, Karsten; Moran, Daniel; Silva Simas, Moana; Grubb, Michael; Stadler, Konstantin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Policy to reduce the European Union’s (EU) carbon footprint needs to be grounded in an understanding of the structure and drivers of both the domestic and internationally traded components. Here we analyse consumption-based ...
    • The “Bad Labor” Footprint: Quantifying the Social Impacts of Globalization 

      Silva Simas, Moana; Golsteijn, Laura; Huijbregts, Mark A. J,; Wood, Richard; Hertwich, Edgar G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The extent to what bad labor conditions across the globe are associated with international trade is unknown. Here, we quantify the bad labor conditions associated with consumption in seven world regions, the “bad labor” ...
    • Understanding GHG emissions from Swedish consumption - Current challenges in reaching the generational goal 

      Schmidt, Sarah; Södersten, Carl-Johan; Wiebe, Kirsten Svenja; Silva Simas, Moana; Palm, Viveka; Wood, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The Swedish generational goal is a unique initiative governing all Swedish environmental policy, aiming at solving all major domestic environmental problems for the next generation without increasing environmental damage ...