Does industrial green transformation successfully facilitate a decrease in carbon intensity in China? An environmental regulation perspective

Hou, Jian; Teo, Thompson S. H.; Zhou, Fuli; Lim, Ming K.; Chen, Heng

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.311

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“…Considering that monitoring validity and PM2.5 was only available after 2013, we measured HAZ by using Annual Average Concentration of PM10 (mg/m 3 ) of each city, given that PM10 was the principal component of haze pollution, and thus, it could reflect urban air condition to a great extent (Wang et al, ; Yang et al, ; Zhang, Wang, Niu, Zhang, & S., L., Zhang, Y., M.,, & Sun, J., Y., ). As for the threshold variable, environmental regulation (REG), caparisoning scholars' understanding of the five dimensions of the subject, object, goal, means, and nature (Hou et al, ; Porter, ; Xie, Yuan, & Huang, ), we define environmental regulation as a binding force for the purpose of environmental protection, for individuals or organizations, and for the form of physical system or intangible consciousness. For the measurement of environmental regulation, relevant scholars mainly use the following three approaches: The first is the intensity of environmental regulation by pollutant discharge tax (Levinson, ); the second is the ratio of comprehensive utilization output value of “three wastes” (waste gas, wastewater, and industrial residues) to GDP (Hao et al, ); the third is to use the Environmental Policy Strictness Index as proxy (Stern & Zha, ).…”

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Does urban haze pollution inversely drive down the energy intensity? A perspective from environmental regulation

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Jing-hua

Chen

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Sustainable Development

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Reducing energy intensity has consistently been advocated by the Chinese government in its effort to achieve sustainable development targets. Extant research suggests that energy consumption is often viewed as the primary cause of poor air quality. This paper investigates whether a certain threshold of environmental regulation causes the relationship to be reversed, that is, whether urban haze pollution could facilitate the reduction of energy intensity. On the basis of the city-level panel data within the period of 2010-2015 in China, we systematically analyze the determinants of energy intensity and empirically investigate the dynamic threshold effects of environmental regulation on the association between urban haze pollution and energy intensity. The results suggest that serious haze pollution does reduce energy intensity, but it is dependent on environmental regulation. In particular, weak environmental regulation fails to optimize energy usage. With environmental regulation passing a critical threshold, urban haze pollution significantly decreases energy intensity. Therefore, the heterogeneous effect of environmental regulation across different regions should be considered. We find evidence that air pollution could inversely drive down energy intensity under a certain threshold level of environmental regulation. This result provides insights to policy makers and may help them design and implement more efficient urban environmental policies. K E Y W O R D SChina, dynamic threshold model, energy intensity, environmental regulation, sustainable development, urban haze pollution

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“…Too much environmental regulations, however, may be detrimental as it may make it more difficult for corporations to be profitable. Therefore, there exist a threshold effect of environmental regulation (Hou, Teo, Zhou, Ming, & Chen, 2018;Wang, Wu, Zeng, & Wu, 2016).…”

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Does urban haze pollution inversely drive down the energy intensity? A perspective from environmental regulation

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“…Environmental pollution and energy shortage are two major problems facing today‘s society. As industry and the economy continue to grow, and the demand for energy continues to increase, the natural environment on which humans depend for survival is increasingly polluted . These pollutants include organic compounds (such as organic pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and phenols) and inorganic substances (such as As(III), Cd(II), and Cr(VI)) .…”

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“…As industry and the economy continue to grow, and the demand for energy continues to increase, the natural environment on which humans depend for survival is increasingly polluted. [1][2][3][4][5] These pollutants include organic compounds (such as organic pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and phenols) and inorganic substances (such as As(III), Cd(II), and Cr(VI)). [6][7][8][9][10][11] They have been continuously accumulated and enriched in water, air, and soil, [12][13][14][15] and causing serious damage to the natural environment and threatening the survival of animals, plants and human beings.…”

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Strategies for Improving the Performance and Application of MOFs Photocatalysts

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Residual pollutants in the water treatment process restrict the advanced treatment and purification of wastewater, because most of them have stable structures, and some are not easily to be enriched. Photocatalytic oxidation technology can directly use solar energy to drive a series of chemical reactions, which has advantages such as low energy consumption, mild reaction conditions and rarely secondary pollution. It is an effective way to solve the organic pollution problem in wastewater treatment. The key to this process is to find and design efficient photocatalysts. The current photocatalytic materials mainly include inorganic semiconductors and metal organic frameworks (MOFs). They have been studied for pollutants degradation, hydrogen evolution, CO2 reduction, and organic transformation. But, most of these catalysts have not been used in real application. In this paper, recent research advances in MOFs photocatalysts and the key factors affecting their photocatalytic efficiency were critically reviewed. It is believed that the pursuit of more efficient photocatalyst needs to be considered from the adsorption‐photocatalytic mechanism, redox‐free radical mechanism, valence‐level regulation mechanism and energy transfer mechanism of photocatalysis. It is very necessary to research and develop nanoscale and quantum level mixed valence MOFs photocatalysts, which are constructed by strong electron‐donating groups.

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“…However, the Chinese government still partly relies on the administrative controls to achieve energy conservation targets. Nevertheless, these administrative measurements were not only considered to be inefficient, but also to be interfering with economic development [12,14,15].…”

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The Periodic Characteristics of China’s Economic Carbon Intensity Change and the Impacts of Economic Transformation

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Understanding the pathway of carbon emissions is an important basis for establishing a national climate strategy. In this paper, the change in China's economic carbon intensity since its accession to the World Trade Organization has been analyzed with a time series decomposition analysis method. Four phases with distinctive features are defined, and the significant fluctuations in China's economic carbon intensity after 2001 are explained in detail. From the phase-average perspective, the contributions of major factors to the economic carbon intensity change have evolved steadily, instead of through highly volatile change on a yearly basis, and the gradual changes have been caused mainly by the development of the industrial sectors. Induced by the new normal in economic development, the change of China's economic carbon intensity has entered a new phase driven by multiple factors with economic structural improvement being the most important contributor, as well as the continuingly, though decreasingly, important factor of energy efficiency.

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Does industrial green transformation successfully facilitate a decrease in carbon intensity in China? An environmental regulation perspective

Cited by 195 publications

References 35 publications

Does urban haze pollution inversely drive down the energy intensity? A perspective from environmental regulation

Does urban haze pollution inversely drive down the energy intensity? A perspective from environmental regulation

Strategies for Improving the Performance and Application of MOFs Photocatalysts

The Periodic Characteristics of China’s Economic Carbon Intensity Change and the Impacts of Economic Transformation

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