Big and Little Feet Provincial Profiles: Newfoundland and Labrador ...

• Main Authors: Dobson, Sarah, Fellows, G. Kent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The School of Public Policy Publications 2017
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v10i0.43060.g30821; https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/43060/30821

This communiqué provides a summary of the production- and consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions accounts for Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as their associated trade flows. It is part of a series of communiqués profiling the Canadian provinces and territories.1 In simplest terms, a production-based emissions account measures the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions produced in Newfoundland and Labrador. In contrast, a consumption-based emissions account measures the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions generated during the production process for final goods and services that are consumed in Newfoundland and Labrador through household purchases, investment by firms and government spending. Trade flows refer to the movement of emissions that are produced in Newfoundland and Labrador but which support consumption in a different province, territory or country (and vice versa). For example, emissions associated with the production of Newfoundland and Labrador crude oil that is exported to New Brunswick ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 10 (2017) ...