Yang, L., Wang, Y., Wang, R. et al. Environmental-social-economic footprints of consumption and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Analyze the patterns and trends of how the growths in economic wellbeing and trade activities of APAC affected the environmental-social-economic footprints

Case:

• APAC countries

Methodology:

• Leontief

Data Source

• MRIO: EXIOBASE
• Emissions and employment

Findings:

• While the footprints of lower-income countries increased with poverty alleviation, most of them are still below the global averages by 2015

• Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis: environmental pollution first rises and then falls as economic development

• A country/region’s employment and value-added footprints are both positively correlated with its affluence level

• Richer economies showed high and increasing reliance on outsourcing blue water consumption, PM2.5, and labor abroad
• Final demand of middle- to low-income economies has been largely satisfied by domestic natural and labor sources

Coding Reference:

• Upon request