Driving Effect of Decoupling Provincial Industrial Economic Growth and Industrial Carbon Emissions in China

Jingfen Hua, Junli Gao (), Ke Chen and Jiaqi Li
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Jingfen Hua: Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
Junli Gao: Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shenzhen 518000, China
Ke Chen: Finance and Statistics College, Hunan University, Changsha 410006, China
Jiaqi Li: Longcheng Street Office, Longgang District, Shenzhen 518100, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: China is facing the dual challenges of fostering economic growth and mounting an effective response to climate change, so it is vital to continue promoting industrial carbon emission reduction. This paper uses panel data from 1998 to 2019 to measure the industrial carbon emissions of 30 provinces in China. The Tapio decoupling and IPAT (Impact = Population × Affluence × Technology)-based decoupling models are used to analyze each province’s velocity and quantity decoupling index for industrial carbon emissions. The fixed effect model analyzes the influencing factors for carbon decoupling. The results show that the industrial carbon emissions of various provinces in China are increasing yearly, but there are significant differences among provinces. The carbon decoupling of the industrial economy in most provinces is weak, and the quantitative decoupling index is better than the velocity decoupling index. The cleanliness of energy, balance, and labor productivity significantly affect the velocity decoupling index. The cleanliness of energy, the industry’s structure, and the population significantly affect the quantity decoupling index. Based on empirical results, the study puts forward some policies to promote the efficient carbon decoupling of the industrial economy.

Keywords: industrial growth; carbon emissions; velocity decoupling; quantity decoupling; panel regression analysis (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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