CO 2 emissions from economic circuit in France

CO 2 emissions from economic circuit in France: up to carbon footprint of final consumption by groups of households F. Lenglart, C. Lesieur, J-L Pasquier December 2 nd, 2010

Assessing environmental sustainability: building « carbon footprint » accounts › Dual labelling at macro level for every aggregate of SUT – – Which productive activities emit CO 2 in France and in what proportion? What quantities of CO 2 emitted abroad via our imports? What quantities of CO 2 emissions for final consumption, investment, exports? Is carbon footprint of final consumption evenly distributed among the French population? wealthy/poor, young/old… Page 2 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

CO 2 emissions, GDP and population in the world North America CO 2 Europe + Russia Asia GDP ppp Other France Population : 1% GDP : 3 % CO 2 : 1. 3 %, that is 410 Mt population Data for 2005 Page 3 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

From CO 2 emissions by industry in France… 410 Mt CO 2 1/3 4% 64% 2/3 32% Page 4 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

… to CO 2 emissions in France embodied in final demand by product 410 Mt CO 2 Back from symetric SUT to standard SUT : CO 2 footprint of trade and transport margins are reassigned to goods purchased Page 5 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

Taking into account imported CO 2 emissions 410 Mt CO 2 emitted in France 550 Mt CO 2 generated by final domestic demand of which 40% emitted abroad 60% emitted in France of which 75% HH consumption 10% GG consumption 15% investment Page 6 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

Zoom on consumption HH final consumption expenditures other food other CO 2 emissions food hotels restaurants leisure culture housing hotels restaurants leisure culture Page 7 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010 housing

Breaking down the households’ account by groups › HH account : An indispensable account, built up directly at a macro level by way of « mirroring » , thanks to the central NA framework… …that says however nothing about the heterogeneity of individual situations › Bridging micro and macro approaches, on the basis of HH surveys First results (for France) › HH account by category - standard of living, household composition, employment status, age of the head of household - in 2003 : income, final consumption expenditure, actual final consumption › Bridging HH consumption expenditures by groups and carbon footprint calculations Page 8 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

Standard of living, consumption and CO 2 emissions By standard of living quintile X 3. 4 X 2. 7 Page 9 consumption F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. CO 2 emissions OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

Standard of living, employment status, age and CO 2 emissions Page 10 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

HH composition and CO 2 emissions: economies of scale – consumption induces 6, 4 t. CO 2 per year person – up to 8, 6 t. CO 2 per year person living alone – only 4, 1 t. CO 2 per year person living in a large family (couple with 3 children or more) - Page 11 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010

For more information: http: //www. insee. fr/en/themes/document. asp? reg_id=0&ref_id=ecofra 10 e Thank you for your attention Page 12 F. L. , C. L. , J. -L. P. OECD WPNA December 2 nd, 2010