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By Huang Xiaohui, People's Daily
Carbon emissions are closely tied to everyday life and lie at the heart of global climate governance. For decades, most accounting systems have followed the methodology of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which attributes emissions to the place of production – who produces, who accounts for the emissions. However, this production-based approach often overlooks the role of consumption.
" The majority of global carbon accounting systems prioritize the production perspective, overlooking consumption ," said Wei Wei, deputy director of the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He noted that the field has long faced challenges such...