Assessing five pilot carbon trading programs in China from a perspective of efficiency analysis

International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection 2017

能源学;生态环境科学

Yu, Xianyu^1,2 ; Shi, Guo^1 ; Wang, Jinghan^1

College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing

211106, China^1

Research Centre for Soft Energy Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 29 Jiangjun Avenue, Nanjing

211106, China^2

关键词: Carbon emission efficiencies;    Efficiency analysis;    Information evaluation;    Integrated approach;    Operational experience;    Production technology;    Regional cooperation;    Significance analysis;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052075/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/121/5/052075

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In order to overcome the challenge of growing carbon emissions in China, the pilot carbon emissions trading systems (ETSs) serve as precursors of the national carbon ETS. Five province-level pilot ETSs in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangdong and Hubei are assessed from the view of carbon emission efficiency analysis in this study. Firstly, both the environmental production technology and the Malmquist index are adopted to evaluate the carbon emission efficiency of 28 provinces in China. Then, the regression significance analysis of carbon emission efficiency and the operational information evaluation for pilot ETSs are combined to develop an integrated approach for assessing five considered pilot ETSs. The Efficiency analysis of carbon emissions indicate that the effect of ETS in Beijing is significant, the effect of ETS in Tianjin is weak significant, and those of the other three pilot ETSs are not significant. Based on the operational information for pilot ETSs, the evaluating results of pilot ETSs in Beijing and Hubei are better than those of other pilot ETSs. This study highlights two main findings. First, the pilot ETS in Beijing has better performance than the other considered pilot ETSs, and its operational experience should be promoted throughout the country to improve the construction of national carbon ETS. Second, the successful cooperation between the ETSs in Beijing and Tianjin implies that the regional cooperation among neighbouring ETSs should be encouraged and further implemented to enhance the overall performance of the regional ETSs.