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  "abstract": "Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment (AESA) aims to determine whether a system operates within its allocated share of Carrying Capacities (CCs). Initial guidelines have been proposed to establish a methodological framework. This paper proposes methodological recommendations to address three key requirements for a consistent implementation of AESA, i.e., i) additivity in the CCs downscaling, ii) no double-counting issues in environmental assessment, and iii) consistency of system boundaries between environmental assessment and downscaling steps. Proposals are based on the concept of environmental responsibility. Three environmental accounting approaches, which consider different types of actors responsible for a system's environmental impacts, are employed. These are the production-based approach (PBA), the consumption-based approach (CBA) and the income-based approach (IBA). Furthermore, identifying the responsible actor makes the CCs allocation step more transparent. The adapted AESA method is implemented across country-level economic sectors using Exiobase, an input-output database. Results obtained using the three accounting approaches and two theories of distributive justice are then compared. Similar to the choice of theory of distributive justice, AESA results are sensitive to the chosen accounting approach. Both are normative choices. Based on these preliminary findings, recommendations and further research perspectives are proposed for the AESA community. Finally, a focus on a single sector makes it possible to explore in further detail the relevance of the proposed recommendations for decision-making.",
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  "published": "2026-10-19",
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  "title": "Clarifying environmental responsibility for consistent absolute environmental sustainability assessment: A global sector-level analysis",
  "title_text": "Clarifying environmental responsibility for consistent absolute environmental sustainability assessment: A global sector-level analysis",
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