Estimation of supply chain emissions using global spatial data

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18KT0004
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 特設分野
• Research Field: Global Studies
• Research Institution: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
• Principal Investigator: Kanemoto Keiichiro 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 准教授 (20736350)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 奥岡 桂次郎 岐阜大学, 社会システム経営学環, 准教授 (90714436)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-07-18 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: GIS / サプライチェーン / 空間情報 / 環境負荷

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As the environmental impacts and burdens are generated in places completely different from our consumption, we mapped global environmental footprints spatially. Whereas previous studies have mainly analyzed country-to-country supply chain relationships, in recent years we have revealed where our consumption generates environmental problems through international trade. In this context, we have extended spatial footprint analysis incorporating many types of land use datasets. We published papers on peer-reviewed journals including Nature Ecology & Evolution, Environmental Research Letters.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究成果は、Nature Ecology & Evolution誌、Environmental Research Letters誌などに掲載された。また、環境影響は地域によって大きく異なることがあり、本研究で構築してきた土地利用と統合されたサプライチェーンデータは非常に重要な役割を果たすものと考える。