Study on China’s energy-related CO 2 emission at provincial level

Yan Song (), Ming Zhang and Shuang Dai

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2015, vol. 77, issue 1, 89-100

Abstract: To begin with, the gravity model is used to study the spatial distribution and centers of gravity for energy-related CO 2 emission at regional level and to determine how they have changed over the period 1995–2010 in this paper. Furthermore, the occurrence of a decoupling of each province region between economic activity and CO 2 emission from energy consumption is examined based on decoupling index method. The main results are as follows: (1) In 1995, there were only seven provinces, each province of which emitted more than 150 Mt CO 2 . However, there were 25 provinces and each province’s CO 2 emission was more than 150 Mt in 2010. (2) In terms of the annual growth speed of CO 2 emission, Neimenggu was the fastest. (3) During the study period, the centers of gravity for CO 2 emission are an overall movement toward southwest. (4) During the study period, the decoupling index for 23 provincial regions firstly increased and then decreased; there were six provincial regions whose decoupling index increased continuously; however, the decoupling index for Tianjin firstly decreased and then increased. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: CO 2 emission; Center of gravity; Decoupling index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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