Carbon budgets and climate footprints
The case of the Swedish forest-based economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19469418 |
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| Authors | Bogomil Iliev (0000-0002-3450-9142, University of Copenhagen), Huntley Brownell (0000-0002-3798-8783, University of Copenhagen), Niclas Scott Bentsen (0000-0002-5130-0818, University of Copenhagen), Iñaki Arto (0000-0001-6427-7437, University of the Basque Country), Richard Wood (0000-0002-7906-3324), Holger Weimar (0000-0001-8211-3735, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut), Asger Andersen (Statistics Denmark), Marianne Thomsen (0000-0003-2453-5141, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 197-212 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Industrial Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1088-1980 • E-ISSN: 1530-9290 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s44498-026-00015-1 |
| OpenAlex | W7130422820 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 63 |
This study develops a novel, national-accounts-consistent framework that couples monetary and physical supply-use with input–output tables and multiregional input–output analysis to track biogenic carbon and fossil GHGs in Sweden’s forest-based economy. It yields integrated production- and consumption-based balances that reconcile forest carbon stock change with wood-based products stocks and supply-chain fossil GHG emissions. Sweden’s forest-based economy achieved average net emission removal of 92 Mt CO 2 e yr −1 from 2008 to 2021, though with a declining trend. The forest carbon sink weakened by 25 Mt CO 2 e, partly offset by increased storage in wood products, 8 Mt CO 2 e from domestic harvest and 3 Mt CO 2 e from imports, while wood energy use remained stable at 40 Mt CO 2 e yr −1 . On average, 54% of net carbon storage occurred in forests and 46% in downstream economic activities, with a shift toward the latter over time. Augmenting national accounts with physical and international trade flows delivers a transparent, system-wide accounting of biogenic and fossil GHG emissions across complex supply chains that supports policy on bioeconomy performance and climate footprints, transferable to other countries and impact categories
Carbon accounting · Carbon offset · Carbon sink · Carbon stock · Climate change · Fossil fuel · Greenhouse gas · Low-carbon economy · Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
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| Highly cited | No |
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