Energy carbon emission reduction of China’s transportation sector: An input–output approach

Yu, Yang; Li, Shuangqi; Sun, Huaping; Taghizadeh–Hesary, Farhad

doi:10.1016/j.eap.2020.12.014

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“…Specifically, in the spring, summer, and autumn seasons, the air quality is always good but is reversed in winter. However, different from Lu et al (7,13,16), Sun et al (22,23), and Yu et al (24), our article indicates that air quality has gradually improved in recent years due to environmental protection of people and the air quality improvement by the government.…”

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Carbon Monoxide Emission and Air Quality Analysis Based on an Improved Double-Weight Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation

Peng

Liu

Taghizadeh–Hesary

2022

Front. Public Health

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In this article, we adopt an improved double-weighted fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to investigate the air condition of Hefei City from July 2016 to July 2021. We focus on the impact of the toxicity index, especially the impact of carbon monoxide, which is also considered in some other kinds of quality evaluation, such as water classification. Firstly, we found that with the increasing awareness of environmental protection and with the attention of the government to the quality of air in recent years, the air conditions have become better (the grades become lower). Secondly, the value of the factors, PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO, NO2, and O3 periodically fluctuate from year to year; and the periodicity of O3 is reversed with the other factors. Finally, the monthly average analysis shows that the overall air quality is good; all the grades are I-II, except for December 2017 which has a grade III. Furthermore, the air quality in the winter (especially in December and January) is not always good.

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Carbon Monoxide Emission and Air Quality Analysis Based on an Improved Double-Weight Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation

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Liu

Taghizadeh–Hesary

2022

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“…The improvements to the technological innovation capability of the transportation industry can reduce carbon emissions in this field from different angles. Technological innovation and technical efficiency improvements can both promote the green efficiency of transportation energy [13], in particular, focusing on developing hydrogen energy and battery storage to increase energy efficiency is beneficial for reducing carbon emissions [14,15]. Compared to energy substitution, the pathway of technological innovation or energy efficiency has a comparative cost advantage, and plays a more important role in reducing the cost of vehicle carbon emission reduction [16].…”

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The Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of Technological Innovation on the Transportation Industry and Its Spatial Heterogeneity: Evidence from China

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Chan

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The carbon reduction effect of technological innovation in the transportation industry is conducive to China’s anticipated realization of carbon neutrality. Therefore, we evaluated carbon emission reduction effect of technological innovation in the transportation industry in China. Based on the panel data of 30 sample provinces in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Tibet) from 2012 to 2018, using the Moran’I index and Getis-Ord Gi index, this paper analyzes the evolutionary trend and spatial autocorrelation of carbon emission in the transportation industry, and analyzes the impact of technological innovation on carbon emission levels of the transportation industry and its spatiotemporal differences by using the geographical and temporal weighted regression (GTWR) model by using ArcGIS 10.4 software. The conclusions are as follows: The carbon emission level of China’s transportation industry generally has been rising steadily, showing a spatial distribution pattern of high emissions in the east and low emissions in the west. The cold spots are concentrated in the western region, and the hot spots are situated in the central and eastern regions. Technological innovation has a carbon reduction effect on the transportation industry in the eastern and north-eastern regions, while the effect in other regions is not obvious. However, there is an obvious “inverted U-shaped” relationship between technological innovation and the transportation industry’s carbon emissions. The technological innovation in the transportation industry will have a significant carbon reduction effect after breaking through the technical pain points. This carbon reduction effect has a higher effect on the western region than on the eastern region. In addition, the economic development level, the fiscal expenditure proportion of the transportation industry, the higher education level, and the proportion of fixed asset investment in the transportation industry have played a positive role in reducing carbon in the transportation industry, but the spatial heterogeneity of this carbon reduction effect is relatively strong. Therefore, during the “14th Five-Year Plan” development period in China, it is necessary to continuously promote the low-carbon development of the transportation industry with technological innovation, while highlighting the differentiated carbon reduction governance, and consolidating the role of talents and fiscal support.

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“…The interaction with human capital and technological R&D leads to the rapid growth of China's GTFP (Yu et al, 2021). When the coupling between digital technology and the original production mode is insufficient, the savage growth of the digital trade volume is likely to engender an adverse effect on GTFP.…”

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“…Doukas et al (2019) also revealed the role of ICT in improving energy efficiency for GCC member states. Likewise, green technology innovation was found to be the transmission path of digital finance affecting energy and environmental performance (Cao et al, 2021;Shao et al, 2021;Yu et al, 2021). The development of ICT significantly affects economic growth and improves energy efficiency and growth efficiency by strengthening technology penetration and innovation, increasing demand, and reducing production costs (Solarin et al, 2021).…”

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Trade Openness and Green Total Factor Productivity in China: The Role of ICT-Based Digital Trade

Zhang

2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The vigorous development of modern information and communication technology (ICT) has driven the digital trade featured by the ICT technique and industry as the carrier. This study empirically tests the impact of ICT-based digital trade openness on green total factor productivity (GTFP) by selecting ICT as the representative digital trade data of 30 provinces in China over the timespan 2002–2018. We employ the slack-based model and global Malmquist–Luenberger (SBM-GML) estimation method to calculate the provincial GTFP and explore the heterogeneous impact of digital trade openness on GTFP through the scale effect, technology effect, and structure effect. In terms of empirical results, the panel fixed model and panel quantile estimation model both suggest the same findings. With the continuous expansion of the scale of digital trade, its scale effect has a significant inhibitory effect on GTFP, whereas the structure effect combined with human capital and the technology effect correlated with technological research and development (R&D) have a significant promoting effect on GTFP. The panel quantile regression model reveals that the interaction intensity increases gradually from a low quantile to high quantile. Further robustness tests also verify the consistency and stability of the results. Finally, the study puts forward corresponding practical suggestions for the construction of a high-quality open pattern of digital trade and the coordinated development of GTFP. The specific policy implications include the following: (1) Emphasize on the penetration and connection effect of the new generation of ICT, and strengthen the construction of enterprise informatization. (2) Expand digital trade openness and broaden the field of industrial cooperation. (3) Optimize the industrial structure of digital trade, and accelerate the development of core industries of digital trade. (4) Gradually promote the transformation of digital trade from relying on quantity and scale to product quality.

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Energy carbon emission reduction of China’s transportation sector: An input–output approach

Cited by 80 publications

References 29 publications

Carbon Monoxide Emission and Air Quality Analysis Based on an Improved Double-Weight Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation

Carbon Monoxide Emission and Air Quality Analysis Based on an Improved Double-Weight Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation

The Carbon Emission Reduction Effect of Technological Innovation on the Transportation Industry and Its Spatial Heterogeneity: Evidence from China

Trade Openness and Green Total Factor Productivity in China: The Role of ICT-Based Digital Trade

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