Kuishuang Feng is Research Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, U.S.Klaus Hubacek is a Professor at the Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, the Netherlands.Yang Yu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Sciences and Teacher Education at Howard Community College, Maryland, U.S.

• 1. Introduction 2. Methodology: Environmental Impact Accounting Approaches 3. Local consumption and global air pollution 4. Local consumption and global land use 5. Carbon footprint of Chinese megacities – the case study of Beijing, Tianjin 6. The Economic Gains and Environmental Losses of U.S. Consumption 7. Consumption-based accounting of U.S. CO2 emissions from 1990 to 2010 8. Global water footprint of nations: A case study of the UK 9. Conclusions: stepping back

Kuishuang Feng is Research Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, U.S.Klaus Hubacek is a Professor at the Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, the Netherlands.Yang Yu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Sciences and Teacher Education at Howard Community College, Maryland, U.S.

• 1. Introduction 2. Methodology: Environmental Impact Accounting Approaches 3. Local consumption and global air pollution 4. Local consumption and global land use 5. Carbon footprint of Chinese megacities – the case study of Beijing, Tianjin 6. The Economic Gains and Environmental Losses of U.S. Consumption 7. Consumption-based accounting of U.S. CO2 emissions from 1990 to 2010 8. Global water footprint of nations: A case study of the UK 9. Conclusions: stepping back

Kuishuang Feng is Research Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, U.S.Klaus Hubacek is a Professor at the Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, the Netherlands.Yang Yu is Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Sciences and Teacher Education at Howard Community College, Maryland, U.S.

• 1. Introduction 2. Methodology: Environmental Impact Accounting Approaches 3. Local consumption and global air pollution 4. Local consumption and global land use 5. Carbon footprint of Chinese megacities – the case study of Beijing, Tianjin 6. The Economic Gains and Environmental Losses of U.S. Consumption 7. Consumption-based accounting of U.S. CO2 emissions from 1990 to 2010 8. Global water footprint of nations: A case study of the UK 9. Conclusions: stepping back