Are there Environmental Kuznets Curves for China Province-level CO2 emissions

2nd International Symposium on Resource Exploration and Environmental Science

生态环境科学

Wang, Feiyin^1,2 ; Wang, Pengtao^1,2 ; Dong, Lihui^1,2 ; Fu, Shuai^1,2 ; Xue, Honglai^1,2

College of Resources and Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, China^1

Beijing Key Laboratory for Precise Mining of Intergrown Energy and Resources, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, China^2

关键词: Carbon dioxide emissions;    CO2 emissions;    Economic growths;    Empirical analysis;    Environmental Kuznets curves;    Low-carbon development;    Per capita;    Turning points;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/170/3/032007/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/170/3/032007

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

For the sake of finding out which provinces in China can achieve low-carbon development as early as possible, this paper verifies whether the relationship between economic growth and its environmental degradation meet the Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKC) hypothesis in China. The relationship is reflected by per capita GDP and per capita carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during 1995-2015. The existence of China's inverted U-shaped curve is determined. Besides, the empirical analysis of the EKC is also carried on each of the 30 provinces. It is found that the EKC of economic growth exists in 18 provinces, of which 9 provinces exceed their respective turning points of per capita GDP in 2015.