Consumption Compass 2.0: a summary of methods and data used

This research paper describes the methodology and data sources for Consumption Compass 2.0, a tool developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute to help Swedish municipalities estimate and manage household consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions at a high spatial resolution.

• The Consumption Compass 2.0 tool estimates household consumption-based emissions across Sweden using Demographic Statistical Areas (DeSO), which divide the country into 5,984 geographical areas.
• The tool employs a hybrid scaling approach to align national-level emissions data from Statistics Sweden (SCB) with local patterns. This includes a bottom-up approach for personal vehicle emissions and a top-down approach for other categories, ensuring local sums generally match national totals.
• Approximately 80% of total national emissions are estimated using Mosaic and InsightOne data, which segments the population into 44 household profiles based on demographics, behavior, and lifestyle to determine consumption patterns per DeSO.
• The model specifically addresses underestimations in national air travel data by accounting for long-haul flights and high-altitude effects, which have a stronger climate impact than ground-level emissions.
• The tool includes a scenario function allowing users to model emission reductions through 2050 across four sectors: transport, home energy, food, and goods and clothing. It accounts for 'rebound emissions,' where monetary savings from one reduction are spent on other consumption.
• The methodology is subject to limitations inherent in environmentally extended input-output (EEIO) approaches, specifically the 'homogeneity assumption' (grouping different products into one sector) and the assumption of linearity between expenditure and emissions.

APA

Axelsson, K., Walke, P., Broekhoff, D., Yu, A. C.-W., & André, K. (2025). Consumption Compass 2.0: a summary of methods and data used. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/sei-working-paper-axelsson-methods-consumption-compass-may-2025.pdf

Chicago

Axelsson, Katarina, Peter Walke, Derik Broekhoff, Ansel Cheng-Wei Yu, and Karin André. Consumption Compass 2.0: a summary of methods and data used. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2025. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/sei-working-paper-axelsson-methods-consumption-compass-may-2025.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{axelsson2025consumption, author = {Axelsson, Katarina and Walke, Peter and Broekhoff, Derik and Yu, Ansel Cheng-Wei and André, Karin}, title = {{Consumption Compass 2.0: a summary of methods and data used}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/sei-working-paper-axelsson-methods-consumption-compass-may-2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }