Enlarging or narrowing? Exploring the impact of energy poverty on carbon inequality in China

Congyu Zhao, Xuan Zhai, Zhengguang Liu and Chenchen Song

Utilities Policy, 2025, vol. 92, issue C

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of energy poverty eradication on carbon inequality mitigation in China. First, we find that energy poverty positively correlates with carbon inequality, indicating that alleviating energy poverty narrows the inequality of carbon emissions. Second, alleviating energy poverty is especially crucial in regions facing a more deteriorated situation characterized by energy poverty and carbon inequality. Third, environmental protection expenditures are a mediator and can also directly tackle carbon inequality. Fourth, energy poverty inhibits technological innovation and leads to more traditional energy consumption, undermining the energy transition.

Keywords: Carbon inequality; Energy poverty; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 O13 P28 Q55 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2024.101859

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