The Multilevel Index Decomposition of Energy-Related Carbon Emission and Its Decoupling with Economic Growth in USA

Jiang, Xue-Ting; Dong, Jiefang; Wang, Xingmin; Li, Rongrong

doi:10.3390/su8090857

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“…Actually, decoupling research based on the LMDI approach is more extensive due to no residual after decomposition. 26 For instance, Jiang et al 27 measured the decoupling of carbon emissions from economic output in the U.S. by means of combining the LMDI method with the decoupling indicator advanced by Vehmas et al. 17 The results indicated that population exerted a negative effect on the decoupling process while energy intensity played a positive role in the decoupling process, by contrast, energy structure and carbon intensity have no obvious influence pattern.…”

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Decomposition analysis of the decoupling process between economic growth and carbon emission in Beijing city, China: A sectoral perspective

Wang

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Energy & Environment

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Cities play a major role in decoupling economic growth from carbon emission for their significant role in climate change mitigation from national level. This paper selects Beijing (economic center and leader of emission reduction in China) as a case to examine the decoupling process during the period 2000–2015 through a sectoral decomposition analysis. This paper proposes the decoupling of carbon emission from economic growth or sectoral output by defining the Tapio decoupling elasticity, and combined the decoupling elasticity with decomposition technique such as Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index approach. The results indicate that agriculture and industrial sectors presented strong decoupling state, and weak decoupling is detected in construction and other industrial sectors. Meanwhile, transport sector is in expansive negative decoupling while trade industry shows expansive coupling during the study period. Per-capita gross domestic product, industrial structure, and energy intensity are the most significant effects influencing the decoupling process. Agriculture and industry are conducive to decoupling of carbon emissions from economic output, while transport and trade are detrimental to the realization of strong decoupling target between 2000 and 2015. However, construction and other industrial sectors exerted relatively little minor impact on the whole decoupling process. Improving and promoting energy-saving technologies in transport sector and trade sector should be the key strategy adjustments for Beijing to reduce carbon emissions in the future. The study aims to provide effective policy adjustments for policy makers to accelerate the decoupling process in Beijing, which, furthermore, can lay a theoretical foundation for other cities to develop carbon emission mitigation polices more efficiently.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Decomposition analysis of the decoupling process between economic growth and carbon emission in Beijing city, China: A sectoral perspective

Wang

et al. 2019

Energy & Environment

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“…This facilitates answering question iii). For this, a decoupling index is calculated as of a second decomposition of the results obtained from the LMDI I analysis (Diakoulaki and Mandaraka, 2007;Jiang et al, 2016;Cansino and Moreno, 2017;Román-Collado et al, 2018a). The main methodological contribution lies in the fact that this is the first time that a comprehensive model is undertaken as described, which includes the LMDI, the IAA and the decoupling analyses.…”

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Moving towards a green decoupling between economic development and environmental stress? A new comprehensive approach for Ecuador

Muñoz-Repiso

Sánchez-Braza

Espinoza

2021

Climate and Development

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Focused on Ecuatorian's Economy this article analyzes for the 2000-2014 period. i) What have the drivers of CO2 emission in Ecuador been? ii) What are the determining factors to be focused on with regards to energy policy efforts and the mitigation of GHG emissions? And iii) Is the economy of Ecuador moving towards decoupling between economic growth and environmental stress?To respond to question i) a decomposition analysis of the change in CO2 emissions has been developed using the LMDI-I model. The decomposing factors or effects used include Carbon Intensity, Renewable Energy Sources penetration, Energy Intensity, Economic Structure, Economic Activity and Population. To answer question ii) a so-called Innovative Accounting Approach (IAA) has been implemented. Another innovative aspect of the methodology used has been to incorporate decoupling analysis between economic growth and environmental stress. This facilitates answering question iii). This is the first time that a comprehensive model is undertaken as described.

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“…Long [16] refers to resource consumption and environmental pollution as ecological loss and analyzed the economic growth, ecological loss and welfare levels in the process of urbanization. The remaining scholars use the decoupling index to analyze the relationship between economy and environment, such as the impact of economic, energy and environmental factors on eco-efficiency performance indicators [17], economic growth and groundwater consumption [18], economic growth and environmental pollution [19], economic growth and environmental pressure [20], and economic growth and environmental conditions [21].…”

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Analysis of the Agricultural Economy and Agricultural Pollution Using the Decoupling Index in Chengdu, China

Gong

Yang

2019

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The development of the agricultural economy has brought the agricultural pollution, and agricultural pollution has restrained the growth of the agricultural economy and endangered public health. Since the Economic Reform opened up, China has promulgated many policies that have benefited farmers, developed the agricultural economy, and improved agricultural material levels. However, the growth in the agricultural economy has also resulted in significant environmental pollution from pesticides, agricultural fertilizers and agricultural plastic film. Agricultural pollution can affect public health, therefore it is necessary to study the relationship between agricultural economy and agricultural pollution. In this paper, the relationship between the agricultural economy and agricultural pollution is studied by using decoupling index method, taking Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China as an example, and verified by the data of 2008–2017 years of Chengdu. It was found that the decoupling index for pesticide use and per capita gross agricultural production showed “strong decoupling” ideal states in six years. From 2009–2017, the value of it increased from 0.065743–1.597385, and its decoupling state gradually transited to stable strong decoupling. The chemical fertilizer use was found to have a “strong decoupling” ideal state in five years. The value of it decreased from 1.028854–(−0.512702), while its state gradually changed to strong decoupling. However, agricultural plastic film only has one “strong decoupling” state with its value of decoupling index changed from −0.380824–(−0.250250). The increased use of plastic film has resulted in increased agricultural pollution. The research results show that growing with the development of Chengdu’s agricultural economy, the use of pesticides and fertilizers has been decreasing. Chengdu’s agricultural economy and agricultural pollution were found to have a healthy and coordinated development. The development of agricultural economy has not caused much damage to the agricultural environment. In addition, with the decline of agricultural pollution, public health problems will also be reduced.

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The Multilevel Index Decomposition of Energy-Related Carbon Emission and Its Decoupling with Economic Growth in USA

Cited by 30 publications

References 59 publications

Decomposition analysis of the decoupling process between economic growth and carbon emission in Beijing city, China: A sectoral perspective

Decomposition analysis of the decoupling process between economic growth and carbon emission in Beijing city, China: A sectoral perspective

Moving towards a green decoupling between economic development and environmental stress? A new comprehensive approach for Ecuador

Analysis of the Agricultural Economy and Agricultural Pollution Using the Decoupling Index in Chengdu, China

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