Carbon Footprint of Inbound Tourism to Iceland: A Consumption-Based Life-Cycle Assessment including Direct and Indirect Emissions

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Sharp, Hannah, Grundius, Josefine, Heinonen, Jukka
• Other Authors: Umhverfis- og byggingarverkfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2016
• Subjects: Carbon footprint; Greenhouse gas; Lifecycle assessment; Tourism; Transport; Aviation; Gróðurhúsalofttegundir; Ferðaþjónusta; Samgöngur; Flug; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/396; https://doi.org/10.3390/su8111147

The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by tourism have been studied from several perspectives, but few studies exist that include all direct and indirect emissions, particularly those from aviation. In this study, an input/output-based hybrid life-cycle assessment (LCA) method is developed to ass...