Evaluation of Digital Transformation to Support Carbon Neutralization and Green Sustainable Development Based on the Vision of “Channel Computing Resources from the East to the West”

Zhaoyang Wu, Xiaoning Wang, James Yong Liao (), Hongrong Hou and Xiaokui Zhao
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Zhaoyang Wu: School of Economics and Management, Qinghai Normal University, Xi’ning 810016, China
Xiaoning Wang: School of Economics and Management, Qinghai Normal University, Xi’ning 810016, China
James Yong Liao: Center of International Education, Philippine Christian University, Malate, Manila 1004, Philippines
Hongrong Hou: Center of International Education, Philippine Christian University, Malate, Manila 1004, Philippines
Xiaokui Zhao: School of Economics and Management, Qinghai Normal University, Xi’ning 810016, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: The long-term dependence on fossil fuels has led to an increase in carbon dioxide emissions. Global warming poses a huge risk to the sustainable development of the world, and even threatens human survival. The arrival of the carbon neutral era means that urban development is facing serious restrictions on carbon emissions. Digitization has brought profound changes to the economic and social development model, and would also change the pattern of urban competition. The goal of carbon neutrality is to change the low-carbon development model and structure, supplement it with negative carbon emissions, and comprehensively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, achieving the goal of carbon neutrality still faces many challenges and problems. For this reason, this paper analyzed the significance of carbon neutralization and the challenges faced by sustainable development to study the advantages of carbon neutralization under Digital Transformation (abbreviated as DT), and finally proposed the implementation path of carbon neutralization and sustainable development based on the channel of computing resources from the east to the west. The carbon emission effect before DT increased with time, while the carbon emission effect after DT decreased with time, in which the carbon emission effect after DT decreased by 47.9% compared with that before DT. The post-DT industry digitalization degree and the carbon trading system perfection degree were better than those before DT. The post-DT industry digitalization degree was 10.4% higher than that before DT, and the carbon trading system perfection degree was 9.5% higher than that before DT. In a word, DT and channeling computing resources from the east to the west can promote the realization of carbon neutrality and sustainable development.

Keywords: digital transformation; carbon neutrality; green and sustainable development; channel of computing resources from the east to the west (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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