This paper creates an extended import-competitive economy-energy-environmental input/output model and employs a structural decomposition analysis (SDA) approach based on double-layer nested structural formulae to br...This paper creates an extended import-competitive economy-energy-environmental input/output model and employs a structural decomposition analysis (SDA) approach based on double-layer nested structural formulae to break down China's carbon dioxide emissions growth between 1992 and 2007from three perspectives: the overall economy, by-industry and by industrial sectors. Analysis results indicate that the energy intensity effect remains the biggest factor behind carbon emissions reduction. This paper also .found that between 2002 and 2007, China's carbon emissions growth obviously accelerated compared to the previous period, which indicates a "high carbon" tendency in the new round of industrialization. Therefore, in addition to developing a circular economy and clean production, accelerating the phasing out of backward capacities, and developing new energies, China should further encompass the positive role of energy intensity.展开更多
文摘This paper creates an extended import-competitive economy-energy-environmental input/output model and employs a structural decomposition analysis (SDA) approach based on double-layer nested structural formulae to break down China's carbon dioxide emissions growth between 1992 and 2007from three perspectives: the overall economy, by-industry and by industrial sectors. Analysis results indicate that the energy intensity effect remains the biggest factor behind carbon emissions reduction. This paper also .found that between 2002 and 2007, China's carbon emissions growth obviously accelerated compared to the previous period, which indicates a "high carbon" tendency in the new round of industrialization. Therefore, in addition to developing a circular economy and clean production, accelerating the phasing out of backward capacities, and developing new energies, China should further encompass the positive role of energy intensity.