Toward the Construction of a Sustainable Society: Assessing the Temporal Variations and Two-Dimensional Decoupling of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Anhui Province, China

Kerong Zhang (), Liangyu Jiang and Wuyi Liu ()
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Kerong Zhang: School of Business, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, China
Liangyu Jiang: School of International Business and Economics, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210023, China
Wuyi Liu: School of Biological Science and Food Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236037, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-25

Abstract: This study comprehensively assessed carbon dioxide emissions over a span of two decades, from 2000 to 2020, with the decomposition and decoupling analyses considering multiple influence factors across both short-term and long-term dimensions. The results revealed great fluctuations in the decoupling analysis index (DAI) for subjected sectors such as natural resource processing, electricity, gas, water, textiles, machinery, and electronics manufacturing. Of note, significantly changed sectoral DAIs were observed in urban traffic and transportation, logistics warehousing, and the postal industry within Anhui Province. In contrast, the DAIs of other sectors and social services exhibited a weak decoupling state in Anhui Province. The industrial sectors responsible for mining and textiles and the energy structure encompassing electricity, gas, and water emerged as the primary contributors to carbon dioxide emissions. Additionally, the efficiency of the socio-economic development (EDE) was identified as the principal driver of carbon dioxide emissions during the observed period, while the energy consumption intensity (ECI) served as the putative crucial inhibiting factor. The two-dimensional decoupling of carbon dioxide emissions attributable to the EDE demonstrated a gradual transition from industrial sectors to buildings and tertiary industries from 2000 to 2020. In the future, the interaction between urban carbon dioxide emissions and the socio-economic landscape should be optimized to foster integrated social sustainable development in Anhui Province.

Keywords: industrial economy; carbon dioxide emissions; Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index; attribution analysis; Tapio model; decoupling analysis index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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