CO2, economic growth,and energy consumption in China's provinces: Investigating the spatiotemporal and econometric characteristics of China's CO2 emissions

This study addresses the spatiotemporal variations at play in China's CO₂ emissions, based on an estimation of emission levels in the period 1995–2012 and an provincial analysis of the relationship of CO₂ emissions to economic growth and energy consumption. Using a series of econometric models and data on the combustion of fossil fuels and cement manufacturing, the study first estimated CO₂ emission levels during the study period, exploring their spatiotemporal pattern. The results indicate that both China's total and its per capita CO₂ emissions have increased significantly over the study period, with both measures evidencing a similar evolution (albeit one that is characterized by noticeable regional discrepancies at the provincial level and which displays properties of convergence). From a geographical perspective, we found both total and per capita CO₂ emissionsto be higher in China's eastern region than in the country's central and western regions. Panel data analysis was subsequently undertaken in order to quantify the dynamic casual relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, and CO₂ emissions. The empirical results indicated that the variables were in fact cointegrated and exhibited a long-run positive relationship. The results of further Granger causality tests indicated the existence of a bidirectional positive causality between economic growth and energy consumption, as well as between energy consumption and CO₂ emissions, and a unidirectional positive causality running from economic growth to CO₂ emissions. The findings of this study suggest that China is, in the long run, dependent on carbon energy consumption for its rapid economic growth, a dependency which is the cause of considerable increases in CO₂ emissions. China should therefore make greater efforts to develop low-carbon technologies and renewable energy, and improve energy efficiency in order to reduce emissions and achieve green economic growth.     

中国旅游业碳排放效率趋同演变及其趋势预测

低碳旅游是实现旅游业可持续发展的必然之路,准确把握中国旅游业碳排放效率趋同演变及其发展趋势,对中国“双碳”目标的实现具有重要的意义。基于超效率—SBM模型对2009—2019年中国旅游业碳排放效率科学测度,再采用空间自相关分析与时空Markov链,检验其趋同效应并深入探析其时空趋同特征,最后结合Markov链的无限分布矩阵,科学预测中国旅游业碳排放效率的发展趋势。结果表明：(1)时间特征上,2009—2019年中国旅游业碳排放效率呈“过山车式”波动上升态势,东部效率均值大于西部大于中部。研究期内效率均呈显著的俱乐部趋同分布,从2009—2014年偏向于较低效率“单峰”趋同向2015—2019年偏向于低效率和高效率的“双峰”趋同演变,且相邻效率等级俱乐部更容易发生转移,其中后期比前期的俱乐部趋同效应更强。(2)空间特征上,不同空间滞后条件下,中国旅游业碳排放效率均呈显著的俱乐部趋同分布,但趋同程度随滞后水平的提升有所减弱。空间滞后水平越高,效率向上转移可能性越大。(3)省域效率转移上,大多中西部省份效率保持平稳,但部分沿海发达省份和西部省份实现向上转移,仅少数中东部省份向下转移。(4)省...     

中国航空碳排放及其效率时空演化特征分析

航空碳排放不仅影响空气质量且可造成温室效应。中国正处于从民航大国向民航强国迈进的关键时期,提高航空碳排放效率是行之有效的航空碳减排手段。运用可拓展随机性环境影响评估模型(STIRPAT)对中国2004—2019年航空碳排放总量的时空演变特征进行分析,以探明不同尺度区域航空碳排放的空间差异与空间关联表现;运用基于非期望产出的超效率松弛变量模型(SBM)和标准差椭圆分析法(SDE)对中国航空碳排放效率的时空分布与格局演化过程进行判定,以分析各省域航空碳排放效率的差异,并给出有效的航空碳减排方略。研究发现：2004—2019年,中国航空碳排放总量持续增长,航空碳排放增长率和航空碳排放强度均呈波动下降趋势;四大经济区航空碳排放总量分布总体表现为“东部>西部>中部>东北”的格局,东部仍是中国航空碳排放的主要区域;高碳排放区较分散,还未形成省域之间连片的碳排放高值区。2004—2019年,中国航空碳排放效率总体呈现“M”型波动上升趋势,各省域航空碳排放效率均不同程度的提高,但主要以低效率区、中效率区为主;各省域之间的航空碳排放效率差异性经历了逐渐减小到逐步增大的过程,但总体航空碳...     

Decoupling Analysis of the Environmental Mountain—with Case Studies from China

The resource‐development trajectory of developed countries after the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries can be portrayed as an “environmental mountain” (EM). It is important for developing countries to decouple their resource use from economic growth and tunnel through the EM. In this study, we embedded the decoupling indicators for resource use and waste emissions into EM curves to quantify China's progress in tunneling through the EM over a specific time period. Five case studies regarding the conditions required for decoupling energy consumption, crude steel production, cement production, CO₂ emissions, and SO₂ emissions from economic growth in China were conducted. The results indicated that during 1985–2010 the trajectories of energy consumption, and CO₂ and SO₂ emissions in China met the requirements for tunneling through the EM, but the trajectories of cement and steel production did not. Based on these results, suggestions regarding China's environmental policies are provided to enable the country to tunnel through the EM.     

Weakened growth of cropland‐N2O emissions in China associated with nationwide policy interventions

China has experienced rapid agricultural development over recent decades, accompanied by increased fertilizer consumption in croplands; yet, the trend and drivers of the associated nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions remain uncertain. The primary sources of this uncertainty are the coarse spatial variation of activity data and the incomplete model representation of N₂O emissions in response to agricultural management. Here, we provide new data‐driven estimates of cropland‐N₂O emissions across China in 1990–2014, compiled using a global cropland‐N₂O flux observation dataset, nationwide survey‐based reconstruction of N‐fertilization and irrigation, and an updated nonlinear model. In addition, we have evaluated the drivers behind changing cropland‐N₂O patterns using an index decomposition analysis approach. We find that China's annual cropland‐N₂O emissions increased on average by 11.2 Gg N/year² (p < .001) from 1990 to 2003, after which emissions plateaued until 2014 (2.8 Gg N/year², p = .02), consistent with the output from an ensemble of process‐based terrestrial biosphere models. The slowdown of the increase in cropland‐N₂O emissions after 2003 was pervasive across two thirds of China's sowing areas. This change was mainly driven by the nationwide reduction in N‐fertilizer applied per area, partially due to the prevalence of nationwide technological adoptions. This reduction has almost offset the N₂O emissions induced by policy‐driven expansion of sowing areas, particularly in the Northeast Plain and the lower Yangtze River Basin. Our results underline the importance of high‐resolution activity data and adoption of nonlinear model of N₂O emission for capturing cropland‐N₂O emission changes. Improving the representation of policy interventions is also recommended for future projections.     

中国农业系统近40年温室气体排放核算

基于排放因子法构建了包含种植业和牲畜养殖业的农业系统温室气体排放核算体系,系统核算了1980-2020年我国全国尺度上的农业系统温室气体排放总量和变化趋势,并在区县级尺度下对1980、2000、2011年的中国农业系统的温室气体排放量进行核算,对比不同阶段农业系统温室气体排放变化的时空异质性规律。研究发现：1980-2020年我国农业系统温室气体排放量呈波动增长趋势,增长了近46%。CH₄是农业系统排放贡献最大的温室气体,占总排放量的47.33%。我国农业系统温室气体排放与不同地区农业生产方式有关,CH₄排放量高的地区主要位于我国主要水稻产区以及旱地作物产区。CO₂排放量高的地区主要位于东北、西北等地区以及华东地区。N₂O排放量较高地区主要位于西北的主要畜牧养殖地区,以及我国农业经济发展水平高的中南部地区。研究有助于揭示我国农业温室气体排放的动态特征,现状规律,以及空间差异性特征,从农业减排角度为实现双碳目标提供科学参考。     

The Characteristics and Trends of Socioeconomic Metabolism in China

China has become the country with the largest resource use and has high levels of waste emissions that pose a great management challenge. To provide more details about environmental problems and to find effective solutions, this article analyzed the scale, structure, and trend of the socioeconomic metabolism in China during the period 1992–2014 based on economy‐wide material flow accounts (EW‐MFA), and predicted resource use during the period of the 13th Five‐Year Plan. The results of this study show that the scale of China's socioeconomic metabolism in China increased more than twofold, during 1992–2014. However, after 2011, with the economic slowdown, the growth rates of total material requirement (TMR), direct material input (DMI), and domestic processed output (DPO) began to decrease. China may reach an inflection point, but this point will probably not be approached before the year 2020. Material recycling (MR) has played an important role in improving resource productivity, improving it by 92.52 renminbi per tonne in 2014. Metallic minerals and fossil fuels are the main sources of hidden flow. Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, construction waste, and agricultural emissions have become the major sources of DPO. Because of the 13th Five‐Year Plan, China may slow the growth rate of DMI and may save 10.26 gigatonnes of resources during 2015–2020. Resource productivity is predicted to increase by 15.91%. Imports and MR may play more important roles. These suggestions are made: (1) strengthening the recycling system; (2) stronger policies, especially in metallic mineral and fossil fuels; (3) developing management systems for CO₂ emissions, construction waste, and agricultural emissions; and (4) adjusting China's economic structure.     

聚类分析视角下的中国省域碳排放时空格局及驱动因素分析

中国碳排放的时空格局对全球气候治理极为重要,其驱动机制是"减排"的关键所在。对中国省域碳排放时空特征和驱动模式进行聚类研究,揭示不同省域的模式相似性与差异性,对于各省域的 "双碳"目标达成和路径安排具有重要影响和现实支撑。研究采用1997-2019年碳排放量及社会经济数据,从聚类分析角度探讨了中国省域碳排放的趋势及驱动模式,基于偏最小二乘法(PLS)模型的归因结果,识别不同省域碳排放的驱动因素的贡献度和敏感性,进一步探寻省域减排方案。研究表明:①研究期内中国碳排放以499.25mt/a的速率上升,呈低位平缓波动-大幅上升-高位缓慢波动的趋势变化,省域碳排放呈北高南低、东高西低格局。②省域碳排放模式具有差异性,北京、天津等为低起点低速发展类,趋势呈扁平"S"型;吉林、新疆等为低起点高速发展类,呈上升"S"型;河南、广东等为中起点高速发展类,呈扩张"S"型。山东、山西为高起点超高速发展类,呈指数"S"型。③中国省域碳排放驱动因子的贡献度和敏感性存在空间差异。经济发展、产业结构、城市化水平与能源消耗等对碳排放的贡献度较高,其中地区GDP、人均GDP、第二产业占比GDP、年底非农人口比例、地区能源消耗总量等是碳排放的主要贡献因子。碳排放对产业结构、科技发展、环境规制的敏感性较强。④中国省域碳排放驱动模式的分异性较为明显,同类驱动模式省域多在地理空间范围内形成"集聚"现象。因此,不同省域政府减排策略的落实应考虑其碳排放的发展规模及驱动机制的差异,实现地区发展和减排 "两手抓"的同时利用地区优势,资源互通、交流合作,加强省域间碳排放的"共治",进一步促进高质量发展。     

共享社会经济路径下中国2020—2100年碳排放预测研究

碳排放和减碳经济代价研究日益受到学术界和决策者的关注,中国政府做出的关于争取在2060年前实现碳中和的表态引起了国际社会的热议。在此背景下,开展中国未来长时间序列碳排放的情景预测具有切实意义。基于可拓展的随机性环境影响评估模型（STIRPAT）评估了人口、经济和受教育程度对碳排放的影响,对比历史数据并验证了碳排放预测模型的准确性,结合共享社会经济路径（SSPs）情景的设定和模型参数,预测了5种情景下中国2020年至2100年的碳排放轨迹及经济代价。结果表明：（1）考虑碳排放达峰目标的实现,SSP3情景是中国未来发展的最佳情景,在此情景下,中国有望提前三年实现碳排放达峰目标;（2） SSP3情景可使中国年度总碳排放量和人均碳排放量处于相对其他四种情景的最低值,但需要付出累积GDP下降5.49%至8.80%的代价;（3）为完成在2060年前实现碳中和的承诺,中国政府在未来的40年需面对409.36-467.42 Gt的碳中和量;（4）2020年中国的碳排放强度将会较2005年水平下降40.52%至41.39%,2030年碳排放强度将会较2005年水平下降59.64%至60.75%。5种情境中,SSP5情景是降低碳排放强度的最佳情景,可最大程度地超额实现碳排放强度目标。未来,受经济发展、人口增长等重要因素影响,中国政府减碳压力将进一步加大。后疫情时代,考虑到能源供应的减少和高科技产业的发展,碳排放社会成本的上升将为中国创造一个使能源系统脱碳的机遇。中国应在"十四五"期间继续提升能源利用效率、升级产业结构、提倡低碳消费、实施隐含碳战略,以尽快实现碳减排目标。     

The interactions among China's economic growth and its energy consumption and emissions during 1978–2007

This paper analyzes the interactions among China's economic growth and energy consumption and emissions during 1978–2007. Conventional energy and emergy are applied to quantify energy consumption and emissions’ impact respectively. Several indicators, based on emergy, energy and monetary units, are applied to depict the relationships among economic growth and energy consumption and emissions’ impact. The results show that energy consumption and emissions’ impact rise simultaneously. Therein, nonrenewable energy resources possess absolute share in total energy consumption and undertake primary responsibility for increasing emissions’ impact, and NH₃–N in wastewater leads to the most emissions’ impact on environment. Energy mix and energy efficiency and pollution control make some achievements, but their improvements fall far behind economic growth rate. As a result, the structure of China's economy has been obviously optimized; however, the improvement of the relationship between China's economy, energy and environment is far behind that of its economic structure in this period. Therefore, China will continue to face huge pressure on resources and environment its rapid economic growth brings about in future. Those study results imply that enhancing energy efficiency, optimizing economic structure and strengthening pollution control will still be the main tasks for China's governments in future.     

Carbon Emission Performance of China's Power Industry: Regional Disparity and Spatial Analysis

This study employs an undesirable‐output–oriented data envelopment analysis model to measure the carbon emission performance of the power industry throughout China's 30 administrative regions during the period of 2003–2012. Also, it further studies the regional disparity and spatial correlation of the carbon emission performance of China's power industry. The main findings are as follows: (1) The carbon emission performance of China's power industry is at a relatively low level, but shows a rising trend. (2) The regional carbon emission performance of China's power industry is extremely unbalanced: The eastern area ranks first, with the highest performance of 0.851, followed by the central area, whereas the western area falls behind, with the lowest performance of 0.760. Provinces in the eastern area generally perform better than those in other areas. (3) According to spatial analysis, the global Moran's I values of carbon emission performance are significantly positive during the sample period, which indicates that the carbon emission performance is a positive spatial correlation and has an obvious clustering effect. The estimate of the local spatial autocorrelation index confirms the imbalance of spatial distribution of the power sector's carbon emission performance. Based on the above findings, several policy suggestions are presented in this article.     

The Greenhouse Gas Footprint of China's Food System: An Analysis of Recent Trends and Future Scenarios

Food chain systems (FCSs), which begin in agricultural production and end in consumption and waste disposal, play a significant role in China's rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This article uses scenario analysis to show China's potential trajectories to a low‐carbon FCS. Between 1996 and 2010, the GHG footprint of China's FCSs increased from 1,308 to 1,618 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO₂‐eq), although the emissions intensity of all food categories, except for aquatic food, recorded steep declines. We project three scenarios to 2050 based on historical trends and plausible shifts in policies and environmental conditions: reference scenario; technology improvement scenario; and low GHG emissions scenario. The reference scenario is based on existing trends and exhibits a large growth in GHG emissions, increasing from 1,585 Mt CO₂‐eq in 2010 to 2,505 Mt CO₂‐eq in 2050. In the technology improvement scenario, emissions growth is driven by rising food demand, but that growth will be counterbalanced by gains in agricultural technology, causing GHG emissions to fall to 1,413 Mt CO₂‐eq by 2050. Combining technology improvement with the shift to healthier dietary patterns, GHG emissions in the low GHG emissions scenario will decline to 946 Mt CO₂‐eq in 2050, a drop of 41.5% compared with the level in 2010. We argue that these are realistic projections and are indeed indicative of China's overall strategy for low‐carbon development. Improving agricultural technology and shifting to a more balanced diet could significantly reduce the GHG footprint of China's FCSs. Furthermore, the transition to a low‐carbon FCS has potential cobenefits for land sustainability and public health.     

Examining the relationships between carbon emissions and land supply in China

China's CO₂ reduction is crucial in mitigating global and regional climate change. Land resources used by industrial enterprises in China come from official land transactions, which indirectly affects carbon emissions. The quantitative examination of the relationship between land supply and carbon emissions can provide potential pathways and strategies for regional carbon emission reduction. For this purpose, we innovatively integrated land transaction data from China's industrial enterprise and carbon emission databases. Using this integrated database, we estimated the carbon emission changes from land transactions from 2006 to 2013, focusing on the transformation of agricultural land into industrial land in China's 331 cities. The results showed that land transactions could cause high carbon emissions in China. The industry with the largest land transaction area during the study period was the production and supply of electric power, steam, and hot water, and the one with the highest increase in carbon emissions from land transactions was the smelting and pressing of ferrous metals. By further examining the typology of the relationships between land transactions and carbon emissions for these cities, a scientific reference for pathways for reducing carbon emissions in cities was generated. Specifically, the results showed that cities with high land supply and carbon emissions were mainly resource-based or economic priority cities for development. For these cities, the entry threshold of energy-intensive industries must be raised, and the supply of land for clean energy enterprises should be increased. In contrast, cities with low land supply but high emissions primarily had depleting resources, high ecological and environmental pressure, and relatively lagging economic development. Correspondingly, the government should use the land supply to guide industries to reduce their dependence on traditional fossil energy. Regardless of the type of city in terms of relationships between carbon emissions and land transactions, indicators of carbon emission intensity should be included and carefully considered in land use planning and land transaction processes in the future.     

中国电力行业CO2减排潜力及其贡献因素

电力行业低碳转型是中国低碳经济转型进程中关键行业之一,如何科学分析电力行业的碳减排潜力,确定操作性强的低碳转型路线、提出有效的政策措施是中国政府亟待解决的焦点问题之一。考虑终端电力消费、低碳能源发电占比、火力发电结构、火力发电效率、线损率等因素,构建了自底向上的电力行业CO2排放核算模型,在此基础上,利用情景分析方法探索中国电力行业2015和2020年的CO2减排潜力,进一步利用对数平均权重分解法(LMDI,Logarithmic Mean weight Divisia Index method)对电力行业CO2减排影响因素的贡献度做了归因分析。结果显示,相比基准情景,在当前政策情景和低碳政策情景下,电力行业将分别带来27.0亿t和36.9亿t的CO2减排量。低碳能源发电和火力发电效率是未来对CO2减排最重要的两个贡献因素。终端电力消费量一直是促进电力行业CO2排放增长最重要的贡献因素,因此通过电力需求侧管理等手段控制电力消费量对电力行业的低碳发展至关重要。最后结合减排贡献因素分析的结果为中国电力行业低碳发展提出了相应的政策建议。     

中国典型城市群城镇化碳排放驱动因子

城市群作为推进国家新型城镇化的战略举措,是国家参与全球竞争与国际分工的主要地域单元。以中国典型城市群6个代表性城市(北京、天津、上海、广州、武汉和重庆)为案例,采用因素分解法将碳排放的影响效应分解为4部分,包括人口规模效应、经济发展效应、能源强度效应和碳强度效应,研究2000—2014年城镇化过程中碳排放的驱动机制。主要结果:(1)各城市群的经济总量均有增长,能源效率逐渐提高,碳排放强度在北京、上海和重庆的是下降趋势,在天津呈上升趋势,而在广州和武汉则趋于平稳状态,各城市群能源消耗中各种能源的比重和碳排放量的变化存在着较显著的差异性;(2)天津和广州的4个碳排放影响效应整体上是逐渐增大,北京和上海是趋于平稳对称,武汉和重庆是先减小后增大。研究表明,经济和人口对碳排放具有正向作用,能源强度对碳排放具有负向作用。通过研究中国典型城市群碳排放的驱动因子,有助于城市群碳排放权交易的政策制定以及城市群发展模式规划。     

Methane emission from global livestock sector during 1890–2014: Magnitude,trends and spatiotemporal patterns

Human demand for livestock products has increased rapidly during the past few decades largely due to dietary transition and population growth, with significant impact on climate and the environment. The contribution of ruminant livestock to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been investigated extensively at various scales from regional to global, but the long‐term trend, regional variation and drivers of methane (CH₄) emission remain unclear. In this study, we use Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier II guidelines to quantify the evolution of CH₄ emissions from ruminant livestock during 1890–2014. We estimate that total CH₄ emissions in 2014 was 97.1 million tonnes (MT) CH₄ or 2.72 Gigatonnes (Gt) CO₂‐eq (1 MT = 10¹² g, 1 Gt = 10¹⁵ g) from ruminant livestock, which accounted for 47%–54% of all non‐CO₂ GHG emissions from the agricultural sector. Our estimate shows that CH₄ emissions from the ruminant livestock had increased by 332% (73.6 MT CH₄ or 2.06 Gt CO₂‐eq) since the 1890s. Our results further indicate that livestock sector in drylands had 36% higher emission intensity (CH₄ emissions/km²) compared to that in nondrylands in 2014, due to the combined effect of higher rate of increase in livestock population and low feed quality. We also find that the contribution of developing regions (Africa, Asia and Latin America) to the total CH₄ emissions had increased from 51.7% in the 1890s to 72.5% in the 2010s. These changes were driven by increases in livestock numbers (LU units) by up to 121% in developing regions, but decreases in livestock numbers and emission intensity (emission/km²) by up to 47% and 32%, respectively, in developed regions. Our results indicate that future increases in livestock production would likely contribute to higher CH₄ emissions, unless effective strategies to mitigate GHG emissions in livestock system are implemented.     

Forest fragmentation in China and its effect on biodiversity

Land‐use change is fragmenting natural ecosystems, with major consequences for biodiversity. This paper reviews fragmentation trends – historical and current – in China, the fourth largest country on Earth, and explores its consequences. Remote sensing makes it possible to track land‐use change at a global scale and monitor fragmentation of dwindling natural landscapes. Yet few studies have linked fragmentation mapped remotely with impacts on biodiversity within human‐modified landscapes. Recent reforestation programs have caused substantial increases in forest cover but have not stopped fragmentation, because the new forests are mostly monocultures that further fragment China's remnant old‐growth lowland forests that harbour the highest levels of biodiversity. Fragmentation – and associated biodiversity declines – is unevenly distributed in China's forests, being most problematic where agricultural expansion is occurring in the southwest and northeast, serious in the densely populated eastern regions where urbanisation and transport infrastructure are modifying landscapes, but less of a problem in other regions. Analyses of temporal trends show that the drivers of forest fragmentation are shifting from mainly agricultural expansion to urbanisation and infrastructure development. Most of China's old‐growth forests persist in small, isolated fragments from which many native species have disappeared, on land unsuitable for human utilisation. Fragmentation throughout China is likely to have major consequences on biodiversity conservation, but few studies have considered these large‐scale processes at the national level. Our review fills this research gap and puts forward a systematic perspective relevant to China and beyond.     

旅游业发展对中国碳排放的影响——基于中国东、中、西部的比较分析

在“双碳”战略目标下,深入研究中国旅游业对碳排放的影响,对科学制定减排政策,发展低碳旅游,以及应对气候变化有着重要的理论和现实意义。使用2003-2019年除港澳台和西藏之外的30个省市面板数据,从国内旅游和入境旅游的视角,结合面板单位根、协整、格兰杰因果检验,利用固定效应模型和随机效应模型探究东、中、西部旅游业发展与碳排放的关系。研究结果表明:(1)中国旅游业发展与碳排放之间均存在长期均衡关系。(2)入境旅游对碳排放不存在显著影响,国内旅游对碳排放存在显著正向影响。(3)东、中、西部地区的旅游业和碳排放关系存在差异,其中东部和中部地区国内旅游收入每提高1%将导致其碳排放总量分别增加2.313%和7.531%,而西部地区国内旅游收入提高1%将导致其碳排放总量减少1.306%。     

Dynamics of China's regional carbon emissions under gradient economic development mode

Regional economic development in China is extremely uneven, which leads to the variation of the status quo and development trend of carbon emissions in different regions, and thus has a huge impact on the construction of the future carbon trading market, in particular the allocation of emission reduction targets. In this article, we adopt a spatial econometric approach to analyze the spatial characteristics of China's regional carbon emissions under its gradient economic development mode. Results indicate that carbon emissions show strong spatial dependence and convergence across regions. Specifically, carbon emissions of different regions in China are characterized by club convergence, as the country's gradient developing mode has enhanced the spatial agglomeration effects. Furthermore, we analyze the evolving trends of regional emission shares, and build a basic framework for the allocation of regional emission reduction targets in China's future carbon emissions trading market.     

碳税和硫税治理下中国未来的碳排放趋势

基于气候治理背景,计算模拟了征收碳税和硫税后的经济影响和减排效果。结果发现,基准情景下,中国经济将保持不断增长的趋势,到2100年,GDP总量将达到69.95万亿美元,碳排放呈现环境库兹涅茨曲线特征,高峰值出现在2034年,碳排放高峰为3832Mt C。在收税治理策略下,无论单独征收硫税还是单独征收碳税,我国的GDP均会受到影响,碳排放都会减少。同时征收碳税和硫税,碳排放显著降低,碳排放高峰出现在2031年,峰值估计为3111Mt C,较基准情景下碳排放高峰降低了721Mt C,高峰值出现的年份也提前了3a,完全满足2030年左右实现碳高峰的承诺。