Effects of environmental regulation on CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis of 282 cities in China

Wang, Huiping; Zhang, Runjie

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2021.10.016

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“…Climate change will bring a slew of issues that will cost humanity in a sever manners. Since long, the industrial countries development pattern of high energy consumption and pollution has resulted in significant degradation of the environment as well as the ecological destruction Wang & Zhang, 2022). The increasing energy consumption especially from resources that are non-renewable leads to a high level of pollution.…”

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“…Along with those environmental taxes also results in the depletion of CO2 emission in G7 countries. In addition to this, Wang and Zhang (2022), tested the impact of environmental regulation (inclusive of environmental taxes) in 282 cities of China. The results revealed that there is a direct impact of environmental regulations on CO2 emission.…”

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Environmental Governance and Green Energy: An Administrative Toolkit to Reduce Environmental Degradation

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For the last two decades, environmental degradation has become the most serious concern at multiple levels and has gained special attention of literature and policymakers. Strict implementation of the evidence-based policy solutions could serve as a regulatory tool to gradually overcome this issue. The current study examines the role of environmental governance (environmental-related taxes) and green energy (renewable energy consumption and production) on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission of the ten most CO2 emitting countries. The study has used economic growth as the control variable. Data has been extracted from the world development indicators (WDI) from 2012 to 2020. The study employed the robust standard error and fixed effect model (FEM) to examine the linkage among the variables under consideration. The results indicated that environmental governance and green energy have a significant role in reducing environmental degradation in the ten most CO2 emitting countries in the world. The findings of this empirical and evidence-based study suggest to the relevant environmental management authorities, administrative bodies, and policymakers to incorporate environmental governance and green energy in their environmental management strategies.

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“…Carbon emission is an external behavior in the process of production and consumption, and also belongs as an environmental resource. The market mechanism fails in regulating carbon emission, which needs third-party tools to restrain it [ 6 ]. Currently, most studies have verified that environmental regulation is an effective tool to regulate environmental and developmental issues [ 7 ], and therefore, it has become a consensus among governments to use environmental regulation tools to reasonably control carbon emissions.…”

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Green Paradox or Forced Emission Reduction—The Dual Effects of Environmental Regulation on Carbon Emissions

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Liu

2022

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In response to global climate change, China made a commitment about carbon emissions at the UN General Assembly. It will strive to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. To help China successfully meet its carbon emissions targets this study examines the impact of environmental regulation on carbon emissions from a different perspective. Using panel data from 30 provinces in China as samples, this paper discusses the direct and indirect effect of environmental regulation on carbon emissions and explains the indirect process through four transmission paths: energy consumption structure, industrial structure, technological innovation, and foreign direct investment (FDI). The empirical results show that the direct effect of environmental regulation on carbon emissions presents an inverted U-shaped curve, it means that when the intensity level of environmental regulation is low, it mainly shows the green paradox effect, and with the continuous tightening of environmental laws, it turns into a forced emission reduction on carbon emissions. In addition, we found that under the constraint of environmental regulation conditions, the coal-based energy consumption is still the leading cause of carbon emissions; environmental regulations have contributed to the upgrading of industrial structure and technological advance, which indirectly play a positive role in carbon emission reduction. However, environmental regulation restrains the spillover effect and capital accumulation effect of FDI, which brings a specific degree of hindrance to technological progress and economic development, and is not conducive to carbon emission reduction. Therefore, we have made the following recommendations: China should make reasonable use of environmental policies to regulate carbon emissions according to the situation of each region, optimize the energy structure and increase the proportion of clean energy use, and improve the technology level of related industries to reduce carbon emissions by innovation.

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“…To control water pollution and encourage enterprises to reduce industrial sewage emissions, China has promulgated a series of environmental regulations, and the types of policies have gradually diversified [ 15 ]. Among them, market-based environmental regulation means that the government encourages enterprises to consciously carry out energy-saving and emission-reduction behaviors to protect the environment through market-oriented measures such as pollution discharge fees and environmental protection taxes [ 16 ]. As a market-oriented environmental measure, the pollution fee reform aims to improve water quality by internalizing the external costs and incentivizing enterprises to reduce water-pollutant emissions.…”

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The Impact of Pollution Fee Reform on the Emission of Water Pollutants: Evidence from Manufacturing Enterprises in China

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With the development of China’s industrial economy and urbanization, water pollution has become serious and gradually exposed to the public. The pollution fee policy is an important tool to force enterprises to reduce pollution. This study used the panel data of manufacturing enterprises during 2006–2013 and the multiperiod difference in differences (DID) method to systematically analyze the impact of water pollution fee reform on emissions of manufacturing enterprises in China. In general, enterprises facing improved pollution fee collection standards reduce COD emissions by approximately 4.1%. However, significant location heterogeneities are captured in China. The rising water pollution fees have promoted the emission reduction of enterprises in northern China and resource-based cities, but the effect is not significant in southern China and nonresource-based cities. Furthermore, the mechanism analysis shows that enterprises mainly reduced emissions through terminal treatment and reducing production. This study provided micro evidence for research on the effect of pollution fee reform and supplied a reference for the improvement of the environmental protection tax system in China.

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Effects of environmental regulation on CO2 emissions: An empirical analysis of 282 cities in China

Cited by 137 publications

References 41 publications

Environmental Governance and Green Energy: An Administrative Toolkit to Reduce Environmental Degradation

Environmental Governance and Green Energy: An Administrative Toolkit to Reduce Environmental Degradation

Green Paradox or Forced Emission Reduction—The Dual Effects of Environmental Regulation on Carbon Emissions

The Impact of Pollution Fee Reform on the Emission of Water Pollutants: Evidence from Manufacturing Enterprises in China

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