Provincial CO 2 Emission Measurement and Analysis of the Construction Industry under China’s Carbon Neutrality Target

Yuanying Chi, Zerun Liu, Xu Wang, Yangyi Zhang and Fang Wei
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Yuanying Chi: School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Zerun Liu: School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Xu Wang: School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Yangyi Zhang: Energy Policy Research Center, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Fang Wei: School of Fundamental Sciences, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: The construction industry plays a crucial role in China’s fulfillment of the goal of achieving “carbon neutrality” in 2060. Based on the data of energy and building materials consumption of the construction industry in China and 30 provinces from 2008 to 2018, this paper constructs a model for measuring provincial CO 2 emissions of China’s construction industry and establishes a Kuznets curve and elastic decoupling model of the industry’s CO 2 emissions. The analysis based on the models shows that: (1) the CO 2 emissions of China’s construction industry show a trend of increasing first and then decreasing; (2) in terms of the decoupling effects, most provinces are in a weak decoupling status of CO 2 emissions; and (3) the Kuznets curve of the provincial construction industry shows an inverted “U” shape in recent years, and it is predicted that the CO 2 emissions of the construction industry will reach the peak in 2034. It is possible for the construction industry to achieve “carbon neutrality”, but long-term efforts must be made for strategic planning, policies and regulations, industry standards, etc.

Keywords: carbon neutrality; construction industry; CO 2 emission; decoupling; Kuznets curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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