The Impact of Transportation Restructuring on the Intensity of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Empirical Data from China

Huiling Wang, Jiaxin Luo (), Mengtian Zhang and Yue Ling
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Huiling Wang: School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Jiaxin Luo: School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Mengtian Zhang: School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Yue Ling: School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: Adjusting transportation structure to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions is an effective way to address climate change issues. This paper selects six transport sectors and constructs a hybrid input-output model to study the impact of transportation restructuring on the intensity of CO 2 and non-CO 2 greenhouse gas emissions in each sector during different periods. The results show that the effect of transportation restructuring on greenhouse gas emissions is manifested differently in different time periods. After 2008, transportation restructuring had a significant effect on reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors. However, the impact of transportation restructuring on the intensity of non-CO 2 greenhouse gas emissions is limited. It is also found that the railway transport sector has been a low-impact transport sector in terms of greenhouse gas emissions since 2004, which provides insights for the optimization of China’s transportation structure.

Keywords: transportation restructuring; input-output analysis; emission intensity; greenhouse gases; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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