RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE YANGTZE BASIN >> 2016, Vol. 25 >> Issue (04): 638-644.doi: 10.11870/cjlyzyyhj201604014

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STATUS QUO OF CARBON EMISSION AND FUTURE CARBON EMISSION REDUCTION FOR THE YANGTZE RIVER ECONOMIC ZONE

HUANG Guo-hua1,2, LIU Chuan-jiang1, ZHAO Xiao-meng1   

  1. 1. Economic Development Research Center of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China;
    2. Economics and Management School of East China Institute of Technology, Fuzhou 344000, China
  • Received:2015-07-06 Revised:2015-08-18 Online:2016-04-20
  • Supported by:
    the Major Project of the Ministry of Education's Humanities and Social Science Key Research Base(11JJD790031)

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Abstract: The Yangtze River Economic Zone is one of three pillars of China's economy. The successful implementation of carbon emission reduction in the Yangtze River Economic Zone is important to the construction of ecological civilization in China. In this paper we used social and economic data and data of energy consumption in the Yangtze River Economic Zone (including 9 provinces and 2 municipalities) during 2005-2013, and statistical analyses to quantify carbon emission, per capita carbon emission, energy intensity, evolution of industrial structure diversification degrees and the their rate of change. By using the elastic computing and matrix classification methods, we quantified the spatial and structural differences in carbon emission of the Yangtze River Economic Zone. The results showed that: (1) Yangtze River Economic Zone's carbon emission and its growth rate, per capita carbon emission and its growth rate, and energy intensity were all higher than the national average level. While the rate of reduction in energy intensity was lower than the national average level. If we divide the Yangtze River Economic Zone into eastern, middle and western regions, the total amount of carbon emission, per capita carbon emission and energy intensity rate all declined in gradients; while the growth rate of carbon emission, the growth rate of per capita carbon emission and energy intensity all increased in gradients. (2) The regions that began industrialization earlier, and were transformed from heavy-industry-oriented to service-industry-oriented faster and more fully, will have higher level of low-carbon economy. Increase in the speed of industrial structure diversification degree is positive to the carbon emission reduction. (3) Different regions of the Yangtze River Economic Zone should use different measures to achieve carbon emission reduction targets. The eastern region should focus on reducing carbon emission per capita, the middle region and the western region should focus on reducing energy intensity. (4) Future carbon emissions reduction measures should focus on both fairness and efficiency, and the targets of carbon emission reduction should be allocated in accordance with financial capability of each region, carbon sink capacity, production efficiency, energy structure and other factors.

Key words: Yangtze River Economic Belt, Low Carbon Economy, Carbon Emission Reduction, Evolution of industrial structure diversification degree

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