mark-jensen
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8 years ago material footprint = A data item which estimates the metric tonnage of resource materials required to serve the final demand of a nation and is computed as raw material equivalent of imports (RMEIM) plus domestic extraction (DE) minus raw material equivalents of exports (RMEEX).
What "final demand" refers to needs to be elucidated.
Should we create classes for the inputs to the calculation of 'material footprint' (RMEIM, DE, RMEEX)?
Hi, As Lud says:
Material Footprint is the proposed indicator for target 8.4
Material footprint per capita the proposed indicator for target 12.2.
http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/metadata-compilation/Metadata-Goal-12.pdf says: Material footprint (MF) is the attribution of global material extraction to domestic final demand of a country. It is calculated as raw material equivalent of imports (RMEIM) plus domestic extraction (DE) minus raw material equivalents of exports (RMEEX). For the attribution of the primary material needs of final demand a global, multi-regional input-output (MRIO) framework is employed. The attribution method based on I-O analytical tools is described in detail in Wiedmann et al. 2015. It is based on the EORA MRIO framework developed by the University of Sydney, Australia (Lenzen et al. 2013) which is an internationally well-established and the most detailed and reliable MRIO framework available to date.