The impact of ICT industry on CO2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Zhang, Chuanguo; Liu, Cong

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.12.011

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“…Additionally, the multicollinearity among the explanatory variables in the FD models was tested by the variance inflation factors (VIF). The VIF values are all less than 10, indicating no multicollinearity [25,54] (see Table A2 in Appendix A).…”

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Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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a b s t r a c tSince the 1980s, China has been undergoing a period of rural-urban transformation. The rapid ruralurban development transformation (RUDT) in China has caused an excessive consumption of resources and environmental deterioration. Based on balanced provincial panel data in China gathered from 1990 to 2012, this study used an improved STIRPAT model to investigate the effects of RUDT on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions on the regional and national levels. The empirical results showed that the impact of RUDT on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in China varied greatly across regions. The demographic transformation (measured by urbanization level) increased energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in China and its eastern and central regions. The impact of employment structural transformation on energy consumption and carbon emissions across China generally was positive and significant but differed considerably across regions. The industrial structural transformation was positively correlated with and had a significant impact on energy consumption and emissions in the eastern and central regions, and that effect declined continuously from the eastern region to the central and western regions. Furthermore, the positive effect of land use transition on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in the western region was greater than that in the eastern and central regions. These findings can provide policymakers with a sound scientific basis for energy saving and emission reduction decisions.

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Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2015

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…The findings suggested that a decline in energy consumption is possible through energy efficiency gains from ICT use. Zhang and Liu [75] examined the effect of the ICT industry on CO 2 emissions in China and found that ICT use reduces CO 2 emissions through energy efficiency gains. But this study used data for a very short sample period (2000-2010); hence, the findings may have little policy relevance.…”

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“…In their recent study, Zhang and Liu [75] found very inspiring results for China on the relationship between the ICT industry and CO 2 emissions. They used Chinese provincial panel data for the period 2000-2010.…”

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The effects of Internet usage and economic growth on CO2 emissions in OECD countries: A panel investigation

Salahuddin

Alam

Öztürk

2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…While many studies revealed that the ICT had an energy saving effect [15][16][17], there are also some studies argued that it could stimulate energy use through various mechanisms [18][19][20][21], and some studies noted the differences of ICT's impacts among sectors [22] or groups of economies [23]. According to Takase and Murota [24], the overall impact can be divided into an income effect and a substitution effect.…”

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ICT Development and Sustainable Energy Consumption: A Perspective of Energy Productivity

2018

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Abstract:The information and communication technology (ICT) is closely related to the future of global energy consumption, not only because the ICT equipment itself increasingly consumes energy, but also because it is a general-purpose technology which may affect energy use of almost all sectors. Given the controversy over the net energy-saving effect of ICT, this paper focuses on a new perspective, i.e., energy productivity, to investigate the relationship between ICT development and energy consumption. Using a data panel of 50 economies over the period of 1995 to 2013, results of the Malmquist energy productivity index generally indicate an unbalanced development of energy productivity across the globe, while results of the patent-based ICT knowledge stock indicate a huge gap of ICT development comparing the high-income economies with the others. Furthermore, regression results indicate that ICT development is significantly related to energy productivity improvement. Finally, this paper suggests accelerating ICT development in underdeveloped economies, given the global common task of sustainable energy consumption.

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The impact of ICT industry on CO2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Cited by 308 publications

References 21 publications

Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

Effects of rural–urban development transformation on energy consumption and CO 2 emissions: A regional analysis in China

The effects of Internet usage and economic growth on CO2 emissions in OECD countries: A panel investigation

ICT Development and Sustainable Energy Consumption: A Perspective of Energy Productivity

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