Driving Factors of Aggregate CO2 Emissions in China

Qunwei Wang, Ching-Ren Chiu, Yung-Ho Chiu
2014 Energy Procedia  
Based on a new production-theoretical decomposition analysis (PDA), this paper decomposes the changes of carbon dioxide emissions in China's provinces into seven drivers. This study finds that economic development, energy structure and energy efficiency are positive driving factors of carbon dioxide emission increase; technological advance, reduction in energy intensity and improvements of carbon dioxide emission efficiency are the negative driving factors; the east, central and west have
more » ... icant variation on CO2 changes and some decomposition parts.
doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.1092 fatcat:izvxyt44fzf7tnyikpgbvbi4ca