PRINCE Policy Relevant Indicators for National Consumption and Environment

The PRINCE project, led by Statistics Sweden with SEI as a key partner, created a tailor-made model combining the EXIOBASE3 multiregional input-output (MRIO) model with Swedish national environmental-economic accounts. This framework allows for detailed tracking of environmental impacts—including greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and hazardous chemicals—linked to Swedish consumption across international supply chains. The model was adopted in 2018 by Statistics Sweden and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency for national greenhouse gas emissions statistics to support Sweden's 'Generational Goal' of solving environmental problems without exporting them.

• The PRINCE project developed a model that integrates the EXIOBASE3 multiregional input-output (MRIO) model with Swedish national environmental-economic accounts, enabling the comparison of consumption-based impacts occurring inside and outside Sweden.
• The PRINCE model has been adopted by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Statistics Sweden for the publication of consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions statistics as of 2018.
• SEI contributed specific methodological advancements to the project, including a new method for tracking impacts of wild-caught marine fish by species and location, reweighting water use indicators based on site scarcity, and estimating carbon emissions from marine cargo ships using a data-driven approach.
• The project expanded the scope of national footprinting by developing indicators for hazardous chemical use and emissions, as well as carbon emissions resulting from tropical deforestation embedded in traded commodities.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). PRINCE Policy Relevant Indicators for National Consumption and Environment. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sei-2019-p2cs-prince.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. PRINCE Policy Relevant Indicators for National Consumption and Environment. 2019. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sei-2019-p2cs-prince.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019prince, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{PRINCE Policy Relevant Indicators for National Consumption and Environment}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sei-2019-p2cs-prince.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }