Study of the impact of industrial restructuring on the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions: empirical data from China

Jiaxin Luo (), Huiling Wang, Yue Ling and Mengtian Zhang
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Jiaxin Luo: Lanzhou University
Huiling Wang: Lanzhou University
Yue Ling: Lanzhou University
Mengtian Zhang: Lanzhou University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 10, No 38, 25485-25502

Abstract: Abstract Reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions is China's solemn commitment to solving the problem of climate change and building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind. By constructing a noncompetitive hybrid input–output table, this paper investigates the effect of industrial restructuring on the intensity of CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions. According to the study, industrial restructuring from 1994 to 2008 increased CO2 emission intensity in most sectors, with a particularly significant contribution in sectors with high CO2 emission intensity. The suppression effect of industrial restructuring on the intensity of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in various sectors is limited, with an impact of no more than 11%, but the reduction effect on sectors with high intensity of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions is relatively significant. From 2008 to 2015, more than 92% of all industrial sectors reduced their own greenhouse gas emission intensity as a result of industrial restructuring, with a significant curbing effect on CO2.

Keywords: Industrial restructuring; Greenhouse gas emission intensity; Non-CO2 greenhouse gases; Non-competitive hybrid input–output table (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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