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Many people believe that CO2 is not a pollutant, and labeling it as a greenhouse gas is simply a form of propaganda.

For the related concept in relation to energy, see embedded energy.

Embedded CO₂ in global trade, 2023

One way of attributing greenhouse gas emissions is to measure the embedded emissions of goods that are being consumed (also referred to as "embodied emissions", "embodied carbon emissions", or "embodied carbon"). This is different from the question of to what extent the policies of one country to reduce emissions affect emissions in other countries (the "spillover effect" and "carbon leakage" of an emissions reduction policy). The UNFCCCmeasures emissions according to production, rather than consumption.^[1] Consequently, embedded emissions on imported goods are attributed to the exporting, rather than the importing, country. The question of whether to measure emissions on production instead of consumption is partly an issue of equity, i.e., who is responsible for emissions.^[2]