A Structural Decomposition Analysis of China’s Consumption-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Haidi Gao, Alun Gu, Gehua Wang and Fei Teng
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Haidi Gao: Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy (3E), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Alun Gu: Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy (3E), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Gehua Wang: Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy (3E), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Fei Teng: Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy (3E), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 15, 1-17

Abstract: The trends of consumption-based emissions in China have a major impact on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Previous studies have only focused on China’s energy-related consumption-based emissions of CO 2 or specific non-CO 2 GHGs without taking overall consumption-based non-CO 2 GHG emissions into account. Based on a constructed global non-CO 2 GHG emissions database, combined with CO 2 emissions data, this paper fills this gap through an examination and analysis of China’s GHG emissions using a global multi-regional input–output (MRIO) model for 2004, 2007 and 2011, and identifies the major factors driving changes in consumption-based emissions through a structural decomposition analysis (SDA). The results show that compared with CO 2 emissions, CH 4 , N 2 O and F-gases emissions all increased more rapidly. Among consumption-based non-CO 2 GHG emissions, investment-based emissions experienced the fastest growth, but the net exports of non-CO 2 GHG emissions dropped drastically in recent years. While investment in total final consumption demand is the most influential factor for CO 2 emissions, household consumption most significantly affects the growth in consumption-based non-CO 2 GHG emissions.

Keywords: non-CO 2 greenhouse gases; consumption-based emissions; global multi-regional input–output model (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: 2019
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