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

Energies

Shifeng Li¹  Ji Zheng²  Zehong Li³  Dan Meng³  Yu Li³  Haipeng Ye³ 

[1] College of Water Resources & Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100091, China;Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;

关键词: decoupling;    CO₂ emissions;    industrial sector;    structural characteristics;    China;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en14165099

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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