Congratulations to Edgar Hertwich, Glen Peters and the  NTNU team for presenting the ‘Carbon Footprint of Nations’ as a  politically relevant way of accounting for greenhouse gas emissions,  based on a sound methodology. The publication and website comes at an important time – the decisive  climate policy negotiations in Copenhagen are

We are excited about launching this web site. Many years  of our research have gone into developing models and analyzing data on  the connection of industrial production, consumption and environmental  pressures. Profound insights have been gained, and an approach has matured which  we think is indispensible to address climate change