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The Driving Force of CO2 Reduction in China’s Industries

by Lu Liu a,*  and  Chengzhao You b
a
School of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
b
College of Business and Economics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
*
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FEL  2022, 5; 1(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.58567/fel01010005
Received: 27 November 2022 / Accepted: 20 December 2022 / Published Online: 27 December 2022
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Abstract

We employ the joint production decomposition model to conduct a full decomposition of CO2 emission among 36 industrial sectors in China from 1998 to 2011, under the framework of growth accounting. The results show that: (1) the average CO2 emission increases at an annual rate of 3.01%, and production technology progression is the main driving force, while the transformation toward clean production effectively curb the rapid growth of CO2 emissions; (2) the effect of technology changes on CO2 emission is larger during the "10th Five-Year Plan" compared with the "11th Five-Year Plan", which makes the annual growth rate of CO2 emission during the "11th Five-Year Plan" 1% lower than its counterpart; This study has important theoretical and practical significance for understanding the driving factors of CO2 emission and the corresponding emission reduction measures.

Keywords: Growth accounting; Joint production decomposition; Energy conservation and pollution reduction;
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