Coal use embodied in globalized world economy: From source to sink through supply chain

An empirical analysis of coal use embodied in the globalized world economy is performed in the present work via the application of a systems multi-regional input-output model for 2012. The use of primary coal is tracked from the sources of exploitation to the sinks of final use through inter-regional trade as a global supply network. Mainland China is revealed to be the largest coal user, but the per-capita coal use embodied in its household...