Shao, L;
Li, Y;
Feng, K;
Meng, J;
Shan, Y;
Guan, D;
(2018)
Carbon emission imbalances and the structural paths of Chinese regions.
Applied Energy
, 215
pp. 396-404.
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.01.090.
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Abstract
As the Chinese regions become more and more connected to each other and foreign countries, this study aims to address carbon imbalance and outsourcing issues in China. Using a production-based carbon emission inventory and a China-global multi-regional input-output model, this study estimates the consumption-based carbon emissions in 30 Chinese regions in 2007 and 2010. Our results reveal that the carbon imbalances of most Chinese provinces and cities have decreased between 2007 and 2010, but disparities in the regional per capita carbon footprint have widened. Our Structural Path Analysis (SPA) results shows that most Chinese regions have higher ratios of both imported (to consumption-based) and exported (to production-based) carbon emissions in further upstream supplier tiers than that of direct imports and exports in the first tier, thus it’s vital to trace emissions in the upstream supply chain to understand emission outsourcing. Our result from four case study provinces suggests that Beijing should import more electricity products from nearby Hebei and Shandong rather than Inner Mongolia to lower its consumption-based carbon emissions given the smaller emission coefficients of their electricity production.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Carbon emission imbalances and the structural paths of Chinese regions |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.01.090 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.01.090 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Energy & Fuels, Engineering, Chemical, Engineering, Production-based carbon emissions, Consumption-based carbon emissions, Multi-regional input-output analysis, Carbon emission imbalance, Structural path analysis, Carbon emission pathways, INPUT-OUTPUT-ANALYSIS, CO2 EMISSIONS, TRADE, CONSUMPTION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10071326 |
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