Decoupling Analysis of CO 2 Emissions in the Industrial Sector from Economic Growth in China

Dan Meng, Yu Li, Ji Zheng, Zehong Li, Haipeng Ye and Shifeng Li
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Dan Meng: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Yu Li: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Ji Zheng: Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Zehong Li: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Haipeng Ye: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Shifeng Li: College of Water Resources & Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100091, China

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: China has become the largest CO 2 emission country since 2014. The industrial sector is the largest contributor to CO 2 emissions in China. This paper uncovers the spatiotemporal characteristics of the decoupling status of industrial CO 2 emissions from economic growth at the provincial level during 1995–2019 in China and analyzed the structural characteristics of the industrial CO 2 emissions. The results suggested that 2010 is an important turning point. Since 2010, the decoupling status of industrial CO 2 emissions from economic growth has kept a continuously improving trend. During 2016–2019, all provinces achieved decoupling of the industrial CO 2 emissions from economic growth. More than 20% achieved absolute strong decoupling. Four subindustries, including raw chemical materials and chemical products, production and supply of electric power and heat power, petroleum processing and coking products, and smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals, with large CO 2 emissions’ contribution and a continuously increasing trend, should be paid more attention in the future CO 2 reduction policies formulation.

Keywords: decoupling; CO 2 emissions; industrial sector; structural characteristics; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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