Abstract:

Carbon emission comes mainly from energy consumption.With the rapid development of the economy in coastal area of Jiangsu Province,the growth of energy consumption and coalbased energy mix are difficult to be changed in the short term.Hence,carbon emissions keep the rising tendency.In order to study on carbon emission factors in coastal area of Jiangsu Province,the decomposition model of carbon emissions per capita is set up by adopting Logarithmic Mean Weight Divisia (LMD) method.The model is adopted to analyze impact on the carbon emissions per capita resulted from economic development, energy structure and energy efficiency from 2000 to 2008.The study result includes the following conclusions:the contribution value and rate of the economic development to the carbon emissions per capita presented exponential growth tendency,energy efficiency enhancement and energy structure improvement had limited curb on the carbon emissions per capita,and economic growth was the major factor causing the rapid rise of the carbon emissions per capita.And then some targeted measurements have been given for controlling and reducing carbon emissions in coastal areas of Jiangsu Province