Carbon Footprints of Nations. A Global, Trade-linked Analysis

Tommy Wiedmann

Name: Tommy Wiedmann

Title: PhD

Position: Senior Research Scientist

Email: tommy.wiedmann at csiro.au

Website: http://www.csiro.au/people/Tommy.Wiedmann.html

Country: Australia

General information:

Dr Thomas (Tommy) Wiedmann is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences in Canberra.

He is leading the Sustainable Consumption and Production team under CSIRO’s Social and Economic Sciences Program. He is developing CSIRO’s capacity to apply environmental input-output analysis as part of a holistic concept to integrated sustainability assessment and scenario analysis. He is involved in linking different model approaches, including the Australian stocks and flows framework, integrated assessment models and GIS-based spatial analysis.

Tommy is also an Honorary Associate Professor at the Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney and Director and Head of Research at the Centre for Sustainability Accounting (CENSA) in York, UK.

Selected publications:

Journal papers

Wiedmann, T., Wilting, H. C., Lenzen, M., Lutter, S. and Palm, V. (2011) Quo Vadis MRIO? Methodological, data and institutional requirements for multi-region input-output analysis. Ecological Economics, 70(11), 1937-1945. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.06.014.

Galli, A., Wiedmann, T., Ercin, E., Knoblauch, D., Ewing, B. and Giljum, S. (2011) Integrating Ecological, Carbon and Water Footprint into a “Footprint Family” of indicators: Definition and Role in tracking Human Pressure on the Planet. Ecological Indicators, in press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.017

Wiedmann, T. O., Suh, S., Feng, K., Lenzen, M., Acquaye, A., Scott, K. and Barrett, J. R. (2011) Application of Hybrid Life Cycle Approaches to Emerging Energy Technologies – The Case of Wind Power in the UK. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(13), 5900-5907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es2007287.

Acquaye, A.A., Wiedmann, T., Feng, K., Crawford, R.H., Barrett, J., Kuylenstierna, J., Duffy, A.P., Koh, S.C.L. and McQueen-Mason, S., 2011. Identification of "Carbon Hot-Spots" and Quantification of GHG Intensities in the Biodiesel Supply Chain Using Hybrid LCA and Structural Path Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology 45 (6), 2471-2478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es103410q.

Murray, J., Wiedmann, T. and Dey, C. (2011) Comment on “Corporate Carbon Performance Indicators Revisited”. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 15(1), 158-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00315.x.

Wiedmann, T., Wood, R., Minx, J., Lenzen, M., Guan, D. and Harris, R., 2010. A Carbon Footprint Time Series of the UK - Results from a Multi-Region Input-Output Model. Economic Systems Research 22 (1), 19–42 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09535311003612591

Lenzen, M., Wood, R. and Wiedmann, T., 2010. Uncertainty analysis for Multi-Region Input-Output Models – a case study of the UK’s carbon footprint. Economic Systems Research 22 (1), 43–63 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09535311003661226

Wiedmann, T. and Barrett, J., 2010. A Review of the Ecological Footprint Indicator—Perceptions and Methods. Sustainability, 2(6), 1645-1693 > http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su2061645, http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/6/1645

Wiedmann, T., 2009. Carbon Footprint and Input-Output Analysis - An Introduction. Economic Systems Research, 21(3): 175–186 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09535310903541256

Minx, J. C., Wiedmann, T., Wood, R., Peters, G. P., Lenzen, M., Owen, A., Scott, K., Barrett, J., Hubacek, K., Baiocchi, G., Paul, A., Dawkins, E., Briggs, J., Guan, D., Suh, S. and Ackerman, F. (2009) Input-output analysis and carbon footprinting: An overview of applications. Economic Systems Research, 21(3), 187-216 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09535310903541298

Wiedmann, T., 2009. A review of recent multi-region input-output models used for consumption-based emission and resource accounting. Ecological Economics 69(2): 211-222 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.08.026

Wiedmann, T., 2009. A first empirical comparison of energy Footprints embodied in trade - MRIO versus PLUM. Ecological Economics 68(7): 1975-1990 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.06.023

Wiedmann, T., Lenzen, M. and Barrett, J., 2009. Companies on the Scale - Comparing and Benchmarking the Sustainability Performance of Businesses. Journal of Industrial Ecology 13(3): 361-383 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2009.00125.x

Lenzen, M., Murray, J., Sack, F. and Wiedmann, T., 2007. Shared producer and consumer responsibility - Theory and practice. Ecological Economics, 61(1):27-42 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.05.018

Wiedmann, T. (2009) A first empirical comparison of energy Footprints embodied in trade - MRIO versus PLUM. Ecological Economics 68(7): 1975-1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.06.023.

Turner, K., Lenzen, M., Wiedmann, T., and Barrett, J., 2007. Examining the Global Environmental Impact of Regional Consumption Activities - Part 1: A Technical Note on Combining Input-Output and Ecological Footprint Analysis. Ecological Economics, 62(1):37-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.12.002

Wiedmann, T., Lenzen, M., Turner, K., and Barrett, J., 2007. Examining the Global Environmental Impact of Regional Consumption Activities - Part 2: Review of input-output models for the assessment of environmental impacts embodied in trade. Ecological Economics, 61(1):15-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.12.003

Wiedmann, T. and Lenzen, M., 2007. On the conversion between local and global hectares in Ecological Footprint analysis. Ecological Economics, 60(4):673-677. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.10.018

Wiedmann, T., Minx, J., Barrett, J., and Wackernagel, M., 2006. Allocating ecological footprints to final consumption categories with input-output analysis. Ecological Economics, 56(1):28-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.05.012

Book chapters

Wiedmann, T. and Lenzen, M. (2008) Unravelling the Impacts of Supply Chains - A New Triple-Bottom-Line Accounting Approach and Software Tool. In: S. Schaltegger, M. Bennett, R. L. Burritt and C. Jasch, Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production, Chapter 4: 65-90, Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8913-8_4, http://www.springer.com/978-1-4020-8912-1.

Wiedmann, T. and Minx, J. (2008). A Definition of 'Carbon Footprint'. In: C. C. Pertsova, Ecological Economics Research Trends: Chapter 1, pp. 1-11, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY, USA. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5999, also available as Research Report 07/01 from the Centre for Sustainability Accounting, http://www.censa.org.uk/reports.html.

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