Publication
Dec 2009
Carbon labelling or 'footprinting' of products poses several challenges for developing countries including costs, the availability of relevant data, and the implicit bias of Northern standards against labor-intensive manufacturing. Donors can help alleviate these problems through supporting Southern research institutions in calculating footprints for locally-produced products, by helping to develop comprehensive and user-friendly open access databases, and by insisting that emerging standards in the area are non-discriminatory.
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Author | Peter Gibbon, Simon Bolwig |
Series | DIIS Policy Briefs |
Publisher | Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) |
Copyright | © 2009 Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) |