Change in energy-related CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions in Portuguese tourism: a decomposition analysis from 2000 to 2008

Robaina, Margarita; Moutinho, Víctor; Costa, Rui

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.023

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“…These results suggest that devoting resources to the reduction of RCO 2 can considerably increase TolCO 2 reduction. Such results were consistent with the idea that a reduction of CE from tourism should not only improve energy changes on the supply side, but also promote tourists to make environmentally protective decisions in regard to their choice of accommodation [34]. Table 1 shows the average transportation distance and the probability of an international visitor using each type of transportation mode.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Figure 3A shows the contributions of TCO 2 , RCO 2 , and ACO 2 to TolCO 2 . Because Taiwan has relatively few hinterland areas and short transportation distances, TCO 2 contributed only 13.4% to TolCO 2 ; this is in contrast to non-island countries, such as China, where TCO 2 is the main contributor [33,34]. RCO 2 contributed 71.6% to TolCO 2 , and each visitor generated an average of 92.5 kg CO 2 through accommodation activities.…”

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The Carbon Impact of International Tourists to an Island Country

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Taiwan, located in the East Asia, is an island country with limited natural resources. To increase economic growth and reduce CO 2 emission levels, the Taiwanese government is promoting a sustainable low-carbon tourism industry. This study investigated the CO 2 emission coefficient of tourist activities and identified the CO 2 emissions (CE) patterns of international visitors to Taiwan. The total CO 2 emission per visitor without considering international transportation was estimated using a questionnaire. The total CO 2 emission comprises the CO 2 emission of transportation, the CO 2 emission of accommodation, and the CO 2 emission of tourist activities. The results suggest that more convenient public transportation might help to reduce the total CO 2 emission. Without considering CO 2 emission from international air travel, in contrast to many non-island countries where CO 2 emission of transportation is the main contributor to total CO 2 emission, the CO 2 emission of accommodation was the main contributor to total CO 2 emission in Taiwan. To reduce the CO 2 emission of accommodation, the Taiwanese government should improve the energy-use efficiency of devices in tourist hotels and promote bed-and-breakfast accommodations with low CO 2 emission coefficients. Visitors enjoyed culinary journeys and shopping, both of which are activities that contribute highly to the CO 2 emission of tourist activities because of their high CO 2 emission coefficients.

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Section: Total Carbon Emission With and Without Considering Internatisupporting

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Section: Total Carbon Emission With and Without Considering Internatimentioning

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The Carbon Impact of International Tourists to an Island Country

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Lin

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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“…The top-down method is mainly based on the use of national tourism satellite accounts [24,25], or is based on national economic accounting and uses the input-output model to estimate the energy consumption and carbon emissions of the tourism …”

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Study on Measurement of Green Productivity of Tourism in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, China

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This paper introduces energy consumption and carbon emission into the analysis framework of the green productivity of tourism. By comparing and analyzing the two main methods used to evaluate the energy consumption and carbon emission estimations of tourism, namely, the "top-down" and "bottom-up" method, and considering the availability of data, the "bottom-up" method was adopted to evaluate the energy consumption and carbon emissions of tourism in the Yangtze River Economic Zone (YREZ). Then, using the Malmquist-Luenberger (ML) index in the super-efficiency data envelopment analysis (DEA) model, the green productivity of the tourism in 11 provinces and cities in the YREZ from 2006 to 2015 was measured. The empirical results show that:(1) The energy consumption and carbon emissions of tourism in the YREZ have increased steadily over the past 10 years, which has caused a certain degree of pollution to the environment, indicating that tourism is no longer a "smoke-free industry"; (2) there are significant provincial differences between the energy consumption and carbon emissions of tourism in the YREZ, with Shanghai always ranking first, while Guizhou and Yunnan ranks last, which represents that the tourism economic development level is positively correlated with the tourism energy consumption and carbon emissions; (3) the green productivity of tourism in the YREZ shows a fluctuating increasing trend in the past 10 years, and technological progress has become the main reason for its growth in green productivity; and (4) the green productivity of tourism in 11 provinces and cities in the YREZ can be divided into three types: Progressive type of tourism green development, stagnant type of tourism green development, and declining type of tourism green development. Consequently, different types of provinces should explore effective dependency paths based on their own conditions.

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“…International tourism as one of the main users of aviation with its high growth rate could become a leading contributor to global GHG emissions in the future (Scott, Peeters, and Gössling, 2010;Tang et al, 2014 (Gössling, Scott, and Hall, 2015;Robaina-Alves, Moutinho, and Costa, 2015).…”

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“…According In a more global scale, ICAO's triennial assembly in 2016 supposed to agree on a global market-based measure, to be implemented from 2020 (Robaina-Alves et al 2015). Based on the outcome of the assembly, the Commission may propose policies for 2017 onwards that is appropriate considering the international developments.…”

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Analysis of evolution of commercial air traffic CO2 emissions in the European Union

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The environmental sustainability of the air transport industry, as a key player in global social and economic development, has become a major issue in the agenda of the industry´s stakeholders during the past decade. On both international and local levels, policy makers, scientists and environmentalists, manufacturers and airlines have begun to collaborate on fuel efficiency improvements and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the sector.This dissertation evaluates the structure and distribution of air traffic in European Union member states. The data presented here has been extracted from the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) and databases compiled by the The European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL). The focus of this study is on commercial air traffic and CO2 emissions in the European Union in 2010 and its evolution through 2013.The extracted data for all EU countries consist of variables such as: number of flights, number of passengers, freight tonnes, revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) and revenue tonne kilometers (RTKs), fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The majority of EU air transport traffic is concentrated in six countries: France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and The United Kingdom, which in 2010 represented approximately two thirds of the total EU flights. The data is then segmented per distance bands, at intervals of 500 km to see the concentration of traffic in different distance bands and compare their share with other modes of transport. The fuel efficiency trend in the six largest EU aviation markets from 2010 to 2013 is analyzed and the potential reasons for the changes are investigated. The evolution in the airline fleet composition during the last decade is presented as one of the reasons for the improvement in fuel efficiency, measured by fuel efficiency parameter measuring fuel consumption per RTK (passengers + freight). Additionally, the differences in terms of fuel efficiency among the various airline business models (network carriers, low cost carriers, etc.) and aircraft types are studied. Moreover, future CO2 emissions are projected, taking into consideration three different traffic growth and efficiency improvement scenarios.The results of this analysis indicate a slight reduction in the traffic, both for passengers and freight about (-0.8%) but more importantly, a reduction in CO2 emissions (-4.3%), which is the result of an improvement in fuel efficiency parameters (-3.5%) during these three years. There has been a relevant change in the fleet composition in the last ten years, with the replacement of older models for more efficient ones, and a shift to larger aircraft, particularly in the regional segment. Traffic has decreased in shorter distances (internal EU traffic), but increased in more efficient long-range flights (extra-EU traffic), resulting also in an improvement in the efficiency parameters as average aircraft size and stage length increases. This investigation concludes that technological efficiency in...

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Change in energy-related CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions in Portuguese tourism: a decomposition analysis from 2000 to 2008

Cited by 157 publications

References 56 publications

The Carbon Impact of International Tourists to an Island Country

The Carbon Impact of International Tourists to an Island Country

Study on Measurement of Green Productivity of Tourism in the Yangtze River Economic Zone, China

Analysis of evolution of commercial air traffic CO2 emissions in the European Union

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