Paths for Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality in Transport Sector in China

Li, Xiaoyi; Tan, Xiaoyu; Wu, Ronghan; Xu, Honglei; Zhong, Zhi-hua; Li, Yue; Zheng, Cheng; Wang, Renjie; Qiao, Yingjun

doi:10.15302/j-sscae-2021.06.008

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“…To achieve the green and low-carbon economic development target, the Chinese government encourages technological innovation and technology-dominated transportation reforms. Li et al [56] analyze green transportation development and carbon emissions and suggest some solutions, such as further optimizing transportation structures, improving the efficiency of transportation equipment, promoting the applications of lower-carbon equipment, and increasing transportation-organization efficiency. Huang et al [57] suggest that enhancing low-carbon technology promotions and encouraging technological innovation may help achieve the carbon-reduction target.…”

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Improving Transportation Technologies for Carbon Reduction in the Chinese Provinces along the Silk Road

Zhang

Sakata

Long³

2022

Energies

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As an economic corridor, the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) connects the East to Western nations, where carbon emissions are gradually becoming severe. This study aims to provide solutions for dealing with carbon emissions from the transportation of the SREB in the Chinese range. By employing the Malmquist index method of data envelopment analysis (DEA), this study develops models to test the different carbon-reduction performances (CRP) of transportation in the Chinese provinces along the SREB. This study shows that carbon-reduction performance has improved since 2013 because of the improvements in transportation technology. Technical efficiency, including scale efficiency and pure technological efficiency, may improve carbon reduction, while the lagged technological progress restricts the CRP. It is further suggested that the provincial CRPs are different. The southwest provinces have the best decarbonization performance, followed by the northwest, while the northeast provinces, including Inner Mongolia, underperform compared to the others. Therefore, the government should release some technology-orientated policies as soon as possible to facilitate the improvements in technical efficiency and progress in transportation vehicles and infrastructures in order to consequently reduce carbon emissions.

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Improving Transportation Technologies for Carbon Reduction in the Chinese Provinces along the Silk Road

Zhang

Sakata

Long³

2022

Energies

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“…As the total amount of cargo transportation continues to increase, the pressure to reduce emissions at ports will be further aggravated. The question of how to realize energy saving, emission reduction, and the green transformation of ports has become the focus of social attention [1]. Maritime transportation contributes approximately three per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions annually.…”

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Collaborative Scheduling Optimization of Container Port Berths and Cranes under Low-Carbon Environment

Jiang,

Ma,

Zhang

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Sustainability

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Motivated by the need for a green and low-carbon economy, we explore the co-scheduling optimization of berths and cranes. Our aim is to balance the carbon tax and operating costs of ports under uncertain conditions, proposing an innovative nonlinear mixed-integer programming formulation. To address this optimization challenge, we have developed an enhanced version of the adaptive spiral flying dung beetle algorithm (ASFDBO). In order to evaluate the performance of the ASFDBO algorithm, we performed a benchmark function test and a convergence analysis with other recognized metaheuristics. In addition, we verified the practical applicability of the ASFDBO algorithm in different test scenarios. Through numerical experiments, we analyze the feasibility and effectiveness of the algorithm’s scheduling solutions and improvement strategies. Results indicate that our collaborative scheduling optimization, which considers both carbon and production costs, achieves feasible solutions and reduces carbon expenses. Finally, we investigate the impact of different carbon tax rates on the joint scheduling optimization of berths and quay cranes, and the results show that a reasonable carbon tax policy can effectively reduce the carbon emissions of ports.

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“…It has been found that carbon emissions from China's road, waterway, and air transport sectors have increased, while rail transport carbon emissions have decreased (Li et al, 2019). More importantly, Li et al (2021a) found significant sectoral differences in China's transportation carbon emissions in 2019. The share of railroad carbon emissions in total transportation carbon emissions is only .68%, much lower than the shares of carbon emissions from roads (86.76%), waterways (6.47%), and aviation (6.09%).…”

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Can the opening of China railway express reduce urban carbon emissions? a Difference-in-differences analysis in China

Zhiping

Liu

Qiumin

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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In the background of global “carbon neutrality,” China Railway Express (CRE) is contributing to the long-term development of low-carbon environmental protection while promoting economic growth. Based on panel data of 284 cities at the prefecture level and above in China from 2003 to 2019, we empirically investigate the impact and mechanism of CRE opening on urban carbon emissions using the multi-period DID model and mediating effect model. Under the assumption of meeting parallel trends, we find that the opening of CRE considerably lowers urban carbon emissions by .78 percentage points as compared to the control group. This finding holds after placebo testing, PSM-DID estimation, replacing key variables, excluding other policies and disturbances from the opening of the high-speed railway (HSR), and overcoming endogeneity problems. According to the findings of the mechanism tests, the influence of transportation substitution, improved industrial structure, economic agglomeration, and trade openness are crucial mechanisms for reducing carbon emissions by opening CRE. Further heterogeneity tests show that the carbon reduction effect of CRE opening is more pronounced in east-central China, larger and non-resource-based cities. Therefore, this study suggests that the Chinese government should pay attention to the positive effect of CRE on environmental protection. The government should accelerate the construction of comprehensive transportation infrastructure while rationalizing the layout of economic activities and population clustering.

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Paths for Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality in Transport Sector in China

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Improving Transportation Technologies for Carbon Reduction in the Chinese Provinces along the Silk Road

Improving Transportation Technologies for Carbon Reduction in the Chinese Provinces along the Silk Road

Collaborative Scheduling Optimization of Container Port Berths and Cranes under Low-Carbon Environment

Can the opening of China railway express reduce urban carbon emissions? a Difference-in-differences analysis in China

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