Consumption-based emissions

The consumption-based emissions approach is a reporting method that calculates all the greenhouse gases emitted through the production, transportation, use and disposal of products and services within a city over the course of a defined time period.

This includes the use and disposal of imported products, but excludes emissions from products and services that are exported for consumption outside the city's boundary.

References and further information

https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/estimating-consumption-based-greenhouse-gas-emissions.pdf

https://www.c40.org/researches/consumption-based-emissions