Is there an Environmental Kuznets Curve for SO 2 emissions? A semi-parametric panel data analysis for China

Wang, Yuan; Ren, Han; Kubota, Jumpei

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.10.143

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“…The developed provinces have better improvement in SO 2 emission reduction while increasing their GDP. This result is similar to Wang et al [37] who proved the inverted U-shaped curve for SO 2 emission and economic growth in China.…”

Section: The Empirical Methodologysupporting

confidence: 91%

“…Using this theory, Wang et al [37] recognized an inverted-U shaped curve for SO2 emission in China. It means that China economic development could decrease SO2 emission while the income keeps increasing.…”

Section: Economic Disparity and So2 Emissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among industrial sectors, power plants contribute the largest amount of SO 2 emission, about 60% in China [19,35,[40][41][42]. Power generation has been dominated by coal burning techniques [19,40,[43][44][45][46] which have been proven to produce serious SO 2 emission in China [27,37]. Power generation is an original driver for Chinese economic growth and has increased China's GDP for the past three decades [47][48][49].…”

Section: Economic Disparity and So 2 Emissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Air Pollution Inequality and Its Sources in SO2 and NOX Emissions among Chinese Provinces from 2006 to 2015

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This paper investigates inequality in SO 2 and NO X emissions, by observing their extraordinary levels and uneven distribution in China during the period of the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans (FYPs, 2006(FYPs, -2015. This provincial and regional analysis utilizing the Theil index and Kaya factors help us to find the trajectory of inequality and its primary sources. Based on our analysis, we conclude the driving factors behind emissions inequalities are as follows. There are four economic factors of per capita SO 2 emission: SO 2 emission intensity of coal consumption, coal intensity of power generation, power intensity of GDP, and per capita GDP. Additionally, there are four urban development factors of per capita NO X emission: NO X emission intensity of gasoline consumption, proportion of gasoline vehicles, vehicle use in urban population, and urbanization rate. The SO 2 emission results represent an increase of 6% in overall inequality where the inequality of power intensity of GDP is the main contributor. In terms of NO X emission, the 3% growth in total inequality is related to the high effect of NO X emission intensity of gasoline consumption. We also examine the effect of other factors affecting the trajectory of inequalities. To apply these results in practice, we compare the 11th and 12th FYPs and give some policy suggestions.

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Section: Economic Disparity and So2 Emissionmentioning

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Air Pollution Inequality and Its Sources in SO2 and NOX Emissions among Chinese Provinces from 2006 to 2015

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“…The studies of Dasgupta et al (2002), Stern (2004), Dinda (2004), Brock and Taylor (2005), Carson (2010), Chowdhury and Moran (2012) and de Ribeiro and Kruglianskas, 2015 among others, provide extensive review surveys of the literature which tested the economic growth-environmental pollution nexus and the EKC hypothesis. There is an increasing progress of researches on air or water pollution, deforestation, diversity and indicators of environmental amenities up until for some recent findings around the world (e. g. Kaika and Zervas, 2013;Katz, 2015;Wang et al, 2015Wang et al, , 2016a, also in China (e. g. Xu and Lin, 2015;Yao et al, 2016;Hao and Liu, 2016;Wang et al, 2016b). However, researches on the relationship between agriculture-related pollution and economic growth are relatively scanty (Shortle and Abler, 2001;Aftab et al, 2010), few of which were related to Environmental Kuznets Curve.…”

Section: Environmental Kuznets Curvementioning

confidence: 99%

Waste from livestock and poultry breeding and its potential assessment of biogas energy in rural China

Cheng

huilu

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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a b s t r a c tGlobal livestock and poultry industry is growing continuously, with large amounts of excreta produced. These wastes could be either important anaerobic fermentation materials of biogas energy or, if discharged into the environment without appropriate processing, serious pollution sources to soil and water systems. In developing countries, rural energy poverty is currently a major threat to sustainable development and livelihoods. Hence, the availability of clean, affordable and reliable energy is of significant concern in both policy and scholarly circles. Moreover, pollutants related with animal husbandry have been identified as one of the dominant contributors to contamination of water systems, such as surface water eutrophication and groundwater nitrate enrichment. Consequently, assessing waste from livestock and poultry breeding and the associated biogas systems is of critical essence in rural energy and environmental decision-making. The present study concentrates on a Chinese context and attempts to explicitly investigate Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) applying heterogeneous panel cointegration methods, combining with distribution and characteristics of waste from livestock and poultry breeding for China's 31 provincial economies from 1991 to 2013. And, potentiality of biogas energy and its CO 2 emission reduction based on the utilization of waste is assessed. The empirical results indicate an inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve in N indicator resulting from livestock and poultry breeding, where value of the turning point is approximately CNY 51,800. With economic growth and consumptive change, problems arising from animal husbandry mode can be increasingly great. There will be many major challenges to address these special environmental issues in rural area, especially in Central China and West China. Biogas production by animal excreta could be one of the most important rural energies and waste treatment patterns, which could reach 63.65 billion m 3 in 2013, equivalent to approximately 20% of natural gas used, and might offer a GHG reduction of more than 220 million tons of CO 2 eq. China should assign greater importance to special agricultural pollution and energy options in rural communities, in addition to 'beautiful countryside' propaganda.

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“…In this context, recent studies have particularly focused on the relationship between environmental degradation and income level (Narayan and Narayan, 2010). Although the topic is important for policy implications, environmental degradation is of secondary importance in the developing countries in general (Wang et al, 2016b). It is also important to note that environmental degradation threatens not only sustainable development in developing countries (Managi and Jena, 2008), but also other countries at different levels of development.…”

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Does export product quality matter for CO2 emissions? Evidence from China

Gözgör

Can

2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This paper re-estimates the environmental Kuznets curve over the period 1971-2010 in China.To this end, it uses the unit root tests with one structural break and the autoregressive-distributed lag (ARDL) estimations. The special role is given to the impacts of export product quality and energy consumption on CO2 emissions in the empirical models. The paper finds that the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis is valid in China. It also observes the positive effect from energy consumption to CO2 emissions. In addition, it finds that the export product quality is negatively associated with CO2 emissions. The paper also argues potential implications.

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Is there an Environmental Kuznets Curve for SO 2 emissions? A semi-parametric panel data analysis for China

Cited by 197 publications

References 49 publications

Air Pollution Inequality and Its Sources in SO2 and NOX Emissions among Chinese Provinces from 2006 to 2015

Air Pollution Inequality and Its Sources in SO2 and NOX Emissions among Chinese Provinces from 2006 to 2015

Waste from livestock and poultry breeding and its potential assessment of biogas energy in rural China

Does export product quality matter for CO2 emissions? Evidence from China

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