Constructing energy accounts for WIOD 2016 release

TL;DR

This paper develops energy accounts using the WIOD 2016 dataset to analyze global energy footprint trends from 2000 to 2014, enhancing understanding of international supply chain environmental impacts.

Contribution

It introduces a method to construct energy accounts within the WIOD 2016 framework, enabling detailed analysis of global energy footprints over time.

Findings

Global energy footprint trends from 2000 to 2014 are identified.

Enhanced analytical potential for environmental impact studies.

Supports research on international supply chain environmental pressures.

Abstract

Most of today's products and services are made in global supply chains. As a result, a consumption of goods and services in one country is associated with various environmental pressures all over the world due to international trade. Advances in global multi-region input-output models have allowed researchers to draw detailed, international supply-chain connections between production and consumptions activities and associated environmental impacts. Due to a limited data availability there is little evidence about the more recent trends in global energy footprint. In order to expand the analytical potential of the existing WIOD 2016 dataset to a wider range of research themes, this paper develops energy accounts and presents the global energy footprint trends for the period 2000-2014.