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		<title>Sankey Diagrams for Carbon Footprint</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> 	I was pointed to an <a href="http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56">article on carbon footprint</a>, that used Sankey diagrams to underline a method of carbon accounting along the supply chain. This article was part of <a href="http://www.klima2008.net">the &#8220;first virtual global conference on climate change&#8221; CLIMATE 2008</a> that took place, yes, exclusively on the Internet from November 3 to 7, 2008. <em>(I must admit that this event passed largely unnoticed by me, although reading some of the papers now gives me the impression that it would have merited more attention.)</em></p>
<p>The paper titled &#8220;Carbon Accounting and Carbon Footprint &#8211; more than just diced results?&#8221; by Prof. Mario Schmidt from Pforzheim University describes the various approaches of corporate carbon accounting, carbon footprint of products, and Life Cycle Assessment LCA. Schmidt introduces a method that allows determining &#8220;cumulative emissions &#8230; at each point of the supply chain up to the POS&#8221;, and calls this the CO2 backpack.</p>
<div class="mypicsgallery"><a rel="lightbox[e_sankey_023]" href="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/21_figure2.jpg"  title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit"><img  width="500" height="157" src="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/tumbs/tmb_21_figure2.jpg" alt="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" /></a><a rel="lightbox[e_sankey_023]" href="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/21_figure3.jpg"  title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit"><img  width="500" height="144" src="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/tumbs/tmb_21_figure3.jpg" alt="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" /></a><a rel="lightbox[e_sankey_023]" href="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/21_figure4.jpg"  title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit"><img  width="500" height="166" src="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/tumbs/tmb_21_figure4.jpg" alt="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" /></a><a rel="lightbox[e_sankey_023]" href="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/21_figure5.jpg"  title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit"><img  width="500" height="215" src="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/wp-content/myfotos/e_sankey_023/tumbs/tmb_21_figure5.jpg" alt="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" title="Sankey diagram of carbon emissions along a supply chain.  Source: Schmidt, M.: Carbon Accounting and carbon footprint – more than just diced results? Article submitted to CLIMATE 2008.  http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56 Reproduced wit" /></a></div>
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<p>The four Sankey diagrams above from the article illustrate the idea. They show (1) the CO2 equivalent emisisons along the supply chain, (2) the value added in a supply chain, (3) the relative CO2 emissions per value of product, and (4) the total emissions of the products along the supply chain with sectoral gate-to-gate, cradle-to-gate or crade-to-grave approaches.</p>
<p>This article is well worth reading, you should <a href="http://www.klima2008.net/index.php?a1=pap&#038;cat=2&#038;e=56">do so while it is still available online</a>.<br />
Schmidt is an acclaimed expert in Sankey diagrams and <a href="http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/sankey-diagrams-for-material-flow-management/#comments">has also published on the history and methodology of Sankey diagrams</a>.</p>
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