Does environmental and renewable energy R&amp;D help to achieve carbon neutrality target? A case of the US economy

Shao, Xuefeng; Zhong, Yifan; Li, Yameng; Altuntaş, Mehmet

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113229

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“…The Government could fully use the official media's propaganda capabilities to achieve this goal. Second, the Government should increase low-carbon investment in more industries and fields, including emerging industries such as green tourism (Yue et al, 2021) and neglected and undervalued industrial and economic sectors such as environment-related research and development (R&D) and consumption-based carbon-emitting activities (Su et al, 2020;Shao et al, 2021a). Thirdly, increase investments in lowcarbon actions in provinces and municipalities with relative backward carbon management development to reduce the uneven distribution of management resources among regions.…”

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Using media reports to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of carbon dioxide management development in China

Gao

Yang²,

Qin³

et al. 2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Over the past few decades, the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions management problem has attracted global attention. China is transitioning to carbon neutrality and experienced rapid development in low-carbon management. However, current studies have limited understanding of the evolutionary process and development issues at a macro-level, which may hinder the structural reformation of stepwise carbon-neutral development. This study used the content analysis method to process and code reports from China’s most prominent news media, Xinhua News Agency, to identify China’s low-carbon evolution and development issues. The results depict a trend of gradually increasing carbon management within China and highlight the staged development features. Years 2010 and 2021 are the critical nodes of carbon emissions management in China, representing the two primary actions of low-carbon pilot city projects and the carbon-neutral construction. However, the results also reveal the uneven development problem of China’s carbon management behind the rapid transition. The government is the primary participant in carbon management, but the participation of firms and the public is relatively low. The power industry implements the highest amount of carbon management actions, but less attention is paid to other sectors with high carbon emissions. Report tones on environmental protection and green technology have gradually declined, while the tone on economic and social development has increased. There are evident differences in the number of carbon management measures implemented between regions. The southeast coastal regions report more management numbers than China’s central and western regions. The top three provinces (or municipalities) are Beijing (131), Shanghai (93), and Guangdong (78). From an industry perspective, more-reported regions have implemented carbon management measures in more industries than less-reported regions. This study provides a distinctive contribution to the theoretical work on China’s carbon emissions regulation and the emerging planning and management mechanisms.

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Using media reports to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of carbon dioxide management development in China

Gao

Yang²,

Qin³

et al. 2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…Under the initiative of the United Nations, 195 countries have jointly signed the “Paris Agreement” stipulating that carbon neutrality should be achieved by the middle of the 21st century. Carbon neutrality means that carbon emitted into the atmosphere is balanced by the carbon absorbed from the atmosphere by natural carbon sinks such as forests, soils, and the sea 4 . According to statistics, natural carbon sinks absorb 9.5–11 Gt of carbon dioxide per year but unfortunately, current global carbon dioxide emission from human activities, mainly that from fossil fuels, has reached 38 Gt.…”

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“…Carbon neutrality means that carbon emitted into the atmosphere is balanced by the carbon absorbed from the atmosphere by natural carbon sinks such as forests, soils, and the sea. 4 According to statistics, natural carbon sinks absorb 9.5-11 Gt of carbon dioxide per year but unfortunately, current global carbon dioxide emission from human activities, mainly that from fossil fuels, has reached 38 Gt. Therefore, it is imperative to find new low-carbon o non-carbon energy sources.…”

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Plasma modified and tailored defective electrocatalysts for water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cells

Luo

Huang

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Carbon dioxide generated by the combustion of fossil fuels exacerbates global environmental problems and hydrogen produced by renewable energy is a viable alternative in the continuous transition to sustainable and eco‐conscience development. Electrocatalysts are vital to electrocatalytic reactions and plasma surface modification is one of the promising techniques to modify nanoscale electrocatalysts for water splitting. Up to now, a comprehensive review on the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities of plasma‐tailored defective electrocatalysts for water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cells is lacking. This paper systematically summarizes the current status of hydrogen production and fuel cell technologies, plasma principles and advantages, plasma‐tailored defective electrocatalysts from the perspective of water splitting and fuel cell applications, advanced characterization of defects, relationship between materials structure and catalytic activity of electrocatalysts, and finally challenges, opportunities, and future roadmap of plasma technologies. This review serves as a reference for future development of hydrogen technologies and offers insights into the structural tailoring of catalytic materials.

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“…The improvement of digital production structures will make energy use safer and more efficient, improve green total factor productivity (Zhang et al, 2021), and realize the sustainable development of resources and environment (Hosan et al, 2022). Digital production can also reduce power generation , improve resource utilization (Shao et al, 2021) and green innovation output, and make positive contributions to the development of green and circular economies (Kristoffersen et al, 2020;Uçar, 2020;Kivimaa et al, 2021;Yue et al, 2021).…”

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Nonlinear Effect of Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Intensity—Based on Dynamic Panel Threshold Model

Hua²,

Peng³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Under the background of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, it is vital to study the impact of digital economy on carbon emission reduction. Based on a provincial panel data from 2013 to 2019, this paper establishes a dynamic panel model, a dynamic spatial autoregressive model, and a dynamic threshold model to study the impact of digital economy on carbon emission intensity. Our findings show that digital economy has a significant inhibitory effect on carbon emission intensity. Results of regional heterogeneity show that the central region can transform the impact of digital economy on carbon emission reduction more efficiently. After adding the time lag term of carbon emission intensity, the impact coefficient of digital economy is still significant. Carbon emission intensity has obvious spatial effect, and the carbon emission of adjacent areas will significantly inhibit local carbon emission reduction activities. Under the threshold of innovation and environmental regulation, the emission reduction effect of digital economy is different. For regions with low technological level, digital economy is difficult to give full scope to its emission reduction advantages. At the same time, stricter environmental regulations can cooperate with digital economy to accelerate regional carbon emission reduction. Therefore, China should continue to improve the construction of digital infrastructure and promote the reform and innovation of enterprise digital technology in order to release the carbon emission reduction effect of digital economy.

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Does environmental and renewable energy R&D help to achieve carbon neutrality target? A case of the US economy

Cited by 97 publications

References 50 publications

Using media reports to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of carbon dioxide management development in China

Using media reports to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution of carbon dioxide management development in China

Plasma modified and tailored defective electrocatalysts for water electrolysis and hydrogen fuel cells

Nonlinear Effect of Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Intensity—Based on Dynamic Panel Threshold Model

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