Major Bilateral Embodied Carbon Movements -- Map (IMAGE)

University of Sydney

Major Bilateral Embodied Carbon Movements -- Map

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In 2013, international travel caused a carbon footprint of about 1 Gt CO2-e, or 23 percent of the global carbon footprint of tourism. Arrows point in the direction of embodied carbon flow, which -- in accordance with the literature -- is the direction of commodity trade, and which is opposite to the movement of people. Red arrows: bilateral international movements belonging to the top 10 percent of the total 1 Gt CO2-e; yellow arrows: top 10-30 percent; orange arrows 30-50 percent; blue arrows: remainder.

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