The Spatiotemporal Pattern of Decoupling Transport CO2 Emissions from Economic Growth across 30 Provinces in China

Zheng, Ji; Hu, Yuling; Dong, Suocheng; Yu, Li

doi:10.3390/su11092564

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“…In our study, there still exist certain limitations that should be addressed in the future. We employed a carbon emissions factor method for calculating land use carbon emissions for 30 provinces in China following the IPCC [30] guidelines, which have been widely used in a wealth of studies conducted in China [52,[78][79][80]. Nevertheless, some emissions parameters were extracted from the IPCC recommended values and related ecological literature due to the fact that some of China's carbon emissions factors are still under study.…”

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Tracking the Spatial–Temporal Evolution of Carbon Emissions in China from 1999 to 2015: A Land Use Perspective

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China has been a leader in global carbon emissions since 2006. The question of how to reduce emissions while maintaining stable economic growth is a serious challenge for the country. To achieve this, it is of great significance to track the spatial and temporal evolution of carbon emissions in China during recent decades, which can provide evidence-based scientific guidance for developing mitigation policies. In this study, we calculated the carbon emissions of land use in 1999–2015 using the carbon emissions factor method proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Kuznets curve model was used to explore the influence of economic growth and urbanization on carbon emissions at the national and provincial levels. The results indicated that (1) China’s emissions increased from 927.88 million tons (Mt) in 1999 to 2833.91 Mt in 2015 at an average annual growth rate of 12.94%, while carbon sinks grew slightly, from 187.58 Mt to 207.19 Mt. Both emissions and sinks presented significant regional differences, with the Central and Southwest regions acting as the biggest emissions and sink contributors, respectively. (2) Built-up land was the largest land carrier for carbon emissions in China, contributing over 85% to total emissions each year; and (3) at the national level, the relationships between economic growth, urbanization, and carbon emissions presented as inverted U-shaped Kuznets curves, which were also found in the majority of the 30 studied provinces. While carbon emissions may be reaching a peak in China, given the disproportionate role of built-up land in carbon emissions, efforts should be devoted to limiting urbanization and the production of associated carbon emissions.

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“…In this paper, we adopted a top-down fuel-based approach to calculate the CO 2 emissions of the transportation sector. The calculation formula, adopted in several studies [40][41][42], is the following:…”

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Measuring Driving Factors and Decoupling Effect of Transportation CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in Low-Carbon Regions: A Case Study from Liaoning, China

Ma¹,

Chen²,

Yang³

2020

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Climate scientists have confirmed that the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2) have been increasing significantly over the past century, resulting in a negative influence on the global climate system [1]. Due mainly to the CO 2 emissions produced by fossil fuels consumption, climate change is considered an unprecedented global challenge [2]. The transportation sector remains the largest consumer of petroleum, and its use for freight services is increasing at a staggering rate, faster than any other applications [3]. Because of its sustained high energy consumption, the transportation industry generates approximately

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“…At the provincial level, Wang, and Feng [21] quantitatively revealed the driving factors of industrial CO 2 emissions and analyzed the decoupling of industrial CO 2 emissions from GDP growth during 2000-2014. However, the decoupling analysis of this research focused on the entire study period 2000-2014, while the variation characteristics of the decoupling status were not be investigated even though many decoupling analyses found obvious periodical characteristics of the decoupling in the other sectors [22,23].…”

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Decoupling Analysis of CO2 Emissions in the Industrial Sector from Economic Growth in China

Meng

Zheng

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China has become the largest CO2 emission country since 2014. The industrial sector is the largest contributor to CO2 emissions in China. This paper uncovers the spatiotemporal characteristics of the decoupling status of industrial CO2 emissions from economic growth at the provincial level during 1995–2019 in China and analyzed the structural characteristics of the industrial CO2 emissions. The results suggested that 2010 is an important turning point. Since 2010, the decoupling status of industrial CO2 emissions from economic growth has kept a continuously improving trend. During 2016–2019, all provinces achieved decoupling of the industrial CO2 emissions from economic growth. More than 20% achieved absolute strong decoupling. Four subindustries, including raw chemical materials and chemical products, production and supply of electric power and heat power, petroleum processing and coking products, and smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals, with large CO2 emissions’ contribution and a continuously increasing trend, should be paid more attention in the future CO2 reduction policies formulation.

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The Spatiotemporal Pattern of Decoupling Transport CO2 Emissions from Economic Growth across 30 Provinces in China

Cited by 16 publications

References 30 publications

Tracking the Spatial–Temporal Evolution of Carbon Emissions in China from 1999 to 2015: A Land Use Perspective

Tracking the Spatial–Temporal Evolution of Carbon Emissions in China from 1999 to 2015: A Land Use Perspective

Measuring Driving Factors and Decoupling Effect of Transportation CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in Low-Carbon Regions: A Case Study from Liaoning, China

Decoupling Analysis of CO2 Emissions in the Industrial Sector from Economic Growth in China

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