Analysis of Factors Influencing Carbon Emissions in the Energy Base, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China

Jiancheng Qin, Hui Tao, Chinhsien Cheng, Karthikeyan Brindha, Minjin Zhan, Jianli Ding and Guijin Mu
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Jiancheng Qin: College of Resource and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
Hui Tao: College of Resource and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
Chinhsien Cheng: School of Geographical Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Karthikeyan Brindha: Hydrogeology Working Group, Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, 12249 Berlin, Germany
Minjin Zhan: Jiangxi Climate Center, Nanchang 330096, China
Jianli Ding: Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
Guijin Mu: College of Resource and Environment Sciences, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Analyzing the driving factors of regional carbon emissions is important for achieving emissions reduction. Based on the Kaya identity and Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index method, we analyzed the effect of population, economic development, energy intensity, renewable energy penetration, and coefficient on carbon emissions during 1990–2016. Afterwards, we analyzed the contribution rate of sectors’ energy intensity effect and sectors’ economic structure effect to the entire energy intensity. The results showed that the influencing factors have different effects on carbon emissions under different stages. During 1990–2000, economic development and population were the main factors contributing to the increase in carbon emissions, and energy intensity was an important factor to curb the carbon emissions increase. The energy intensity of industry and the economic structure of agriculture were the main factors to promote the decline of entire energy intensity. During 2001–2010, economic growth and emission coefficient were the main drivers to escalate the carbon emissions, and energy intensity was the key factor to offset the carbon emissions growth. The economic structure of transportation, and the energy intensity of industry and service were the main factors contributing to the decline of the entire energy intensity. During 2011–2016, economic growth and energy intensity were the main drivers of enhancing carbon emissions, while the coefficient was the key factor in curbing the growth of carbon emissions. The industry’s economic structure and transportation’s energy intensity were the main factors to promote the decline of the entire energy intensity. Finally, the suggestions of emissions reductions are put forward from the aspects of improving energy efficiency, optimizing energy structure and adjusting industrial structure etc.

Keywords: carbon emissions; energy intensity; industry; Xinjiang (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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