Influencing Factors of Energy-Related CO 2 Emissions in China: A Decomposition Analysis

Guokui Wang, Xingpeng Chen, Zilong Zhang and Chaolan Niu
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Guokui Wang: College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Xingpeng Chen: College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Zilong Zhang: College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Chaolan Niu: College of Earth and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 10, 1-19

Abstract: China is the largest CO 2 emitter in the world and is still reliant on energy consumption for economic growth. Research has focused on effective approaches of reducing and mitigating CO 2 emissions. This paper undertakes a decomposition study of energy-related CO 2 emissions from the industrial and household sectors during the period 1996–2012, with the objectives of investigating trends of the changes in energy-related CO 2 emissions, the driving forces of these changes, and approaches of mitigating CO 2 emission. Results show the following: (1) the expansion of economic activity is the dominant stimulatory factor of the increase of CO 2 emissions in China and that a sustained increase in CO 2 emissions can be expected; (2) the decline in energy intensity and the adjustment of energy mix and industrial structure effectively mitigate CO 2 emissions; and (3) the government should give more attention to enhancing the energy utility efficiency and reducing CO 2 emissions in rural households.

Keywords: CO 2 emissions; industrial and household sector; logarithmic mean Divisia index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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