Decomposition and Decoupling Analysis of Energy-Related Carbon Emissions from China Manufacturing

Qingchun Liu, Shufang Liu and Lingqun Kong

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015, vol. 2015, 1-9

Abstract:

The energy-related carbon emissions of China’s manufacturing increased rapidly, from 36988.97 × 10 4 tC in 1996 to 74923.45 × 10 4 tC in 2012. To explore the factors to the change of the energy-related carbon emissions from manufacturing sector and the decoupling relationship between energy-related carbon emissions and economic growth, the empirical research was carried out based on the LMDI method and Tapio decoupling model. We found that the production scale contributed the most to the increase of the total carbon emissions, while the energy intensity was the most inhibiting factor. And the effects of the intrastructure and fuel mix on the change of carbon emissions were relatively weak. At a disaggregative level within manufacturing sector, EI subsector had a greater impact on the change of the total carbon emissions, with much more potentiality of energy conservation and emission reduction. Weak decoupling of manufacturing sector carbon emissions from GDP could be observed in the manufacturing sector and EI subsector, while strong decoupling state appeared in NEI subsector. Several advices were put forward, such as adjusting the fuel structure and optimizing the intrastructure and continuing to improve the energy intensity to realize the manufacturing sustainable development in low carbon pattern.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1155/2015/268286

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