Regional low-carbon economy efficiency in China: analysis based on the Super-SBM model with CO 2  emissions

Zhang, Jiarui; Zeng, Weihua; Wang, Jinnan; Yang, Fengxia; Jiang, Hongqiang

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.111

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“…As with the international community, dealing with climate change and developing the low-carbon economy have been commitments of the Chinese government since 2006, when the National Assessment Report of Climate Change was published [49]. The forestry industry is a typical low-carbon industry that has maintained rapid growth momentum in China.…”

Section: Economic Development and Industrial Structurementioning

confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal Distribution and Driving Factors of Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China: 1977–2013

Yang

Deane

et al. 2017

Forests

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Abstract:Increasing forest vegetation is important for carbon dynamics and to maintain the ecological and environmental balance in China. However, there is little understanding of how socioeconomic factors affect forest biomass carbon storage (FBCS). Here, we used continuous functions for biomass expansion factors and China's seven completed forest inventories to estimate the changes in FBCS for 31 provinces in mainland China between 1977 and 2013. We developed a model that decomposes the contribution of the different socioeconomic factors driving FBCS. We found China's FBCS increased from 4972 TgC (1 Tg = 10 12 g) in 1977 -1981 to 7435 TgC in 2009, with a mean growth of 77 TgC/a, and the average forest carbon density increased from 36.0 to 38.9Mg/ha (1 Mg = 10 6 g), mainly due to the arbor forest contribution. Among the seven regions in China, the southwestern region currently accounts for the highest proportion (37.3%) of national FBCS, followed by northeastern (19.7%), northern (12.5%) and eastern region (10.8%). The main socio-economic factors affecting FBCS were forest land dependence, industrial structure and economic development level. Optimizing forest type and age structure, improving forest productivity, and strengthening forest management are feasible options to further increase China's FBCS.

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Section: Economic Development and Industrial Structurementioning

confidence: 99%

Spatiotemporal Distribution and Driving Factors of Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China: 1977–2013

Yang

Deane

et al. 2017

Forests

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“…From the final result, the energy utilization comprehensive evaluation of carbon performance in this project is 68. 16, and the class of the river multi-purpose project is "Average".…”

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“…The utilization degree of renewable energy technology B 16 The more we use the renewable energy technology in the projects, the more carbon dioxide emissions we can reduce to meet the requirements of low-carbon economy development.…”

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Energy Utilization Evaluation of Carbon Performance in Public Projects by FAHP and Cloud Model

Fan

Tang

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:With the low-carbon economy advocated all over the world, how to use energy reasonably and efficiently in public projects has become a major issue. It has brought many open questions, including which method is more reasonable in evaluating the energy utilization of carbon performance in public projects when the evaluation information is fuzzy; whether an indicator system can be constructed; and which indicators have more impact on carbon performance. This article aims to solve these problems. We propose a new carbon performance evaluation system for energy utilization based on project processes (design, construction, and operation). Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) is used to accumulate the indicator weights and cloud model is incorporated when the indicator value is fuzzy. Finally, we apply our indicator system to a case study of the Xiangjiang River project in China, which demonstrates the applicability and efficiency of our method.

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“…Our analysis draw on several sustainability related literature streams discussed in the Journal of Cleaner Production such as low-carbon economy (Jin et al 2014;Robertson, 2015;Zhang et al, 2015). Jin et al (2014), while investigating the impact of the most common carbon policies, such as carbon emission tax, inflexible cap, and cap-and-trade; found that significant carbon reductions within energy economies could only be achieved by applying a high carbon tax rate, a high carbon price, and/or a very strict carbon cap.…”

Section: Goals and Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…), "even accepting the premise that society may agree conceptually as to the most suitable form its sustainable future should adopt, entrenched divisions within the same society as to the underlying causes of un-sustainability and the like divisions as to the appropriate remedial actions required to achieve sustainability will most probably result in any consensus on the issue of sustainability remaining elusive, if not impossible to achieve". More optimistically, Zhang et al (2015) conclude that a transition to a low carbon economy is possible, using China as example: the largest CO2 emitting country is gradually following a low-carbon development pattern.…”

Section: Goals and Objectivesmentioning

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The transition of Germany's energy production, green economy, low-carbon economy, socio-environmental conflicts, and equitable society

Weber

Cabras

2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Low carbon transitions have been predominantly analysed using quantitative methods, mostly building on present and forecasted data of social metabolism. This paper addresses both the economic and social dimensions of low carbon emissions by analysing the presence of socio-environmental conflicts in Germany. These conflicts appear to be a consequence of unsustainable policies targeting firms' planning and behaviour, mainly based on neoclassical economic thinking and stakeholders unwilling to accept carbon intensive behaviour. By applying a Delphi Method with 18 experts, the authors analyse 117 socio-environmental conflicts (e.g. derived from extractive activity, energy production, and infrastructure projects) in Germany. Most of these conflicts include the struggle of various society groups to achieve a low carbon economy but also a more equitable society. The analyses presented in this paper shows that Germany provides both the best and the worse of achieving low carbon paths: a significant investment into renewable energy, but also a strong dependency on lignite which supplies the most polluting power stations of Europe. By addressing the problem from an historical perspective, the authors demonstrate how carbon intensive extractive activity has been one of the major causes for environmental activism and protest in both socialist and capitalist societies. Highlights:German energy transition raises questions of equitability as energy poverty has increased Green Economy focus favours mega projects as high voltage power lines Despite ambitious goals, Germany (so far) has remained a high-carbon economy Extraction activities targeting lignite had been dominant in both socialist and post-socialist Germany The Vattenfall's divestment from Lusatian Lignite is presented as a case of corporate degrowth

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Regional low-carbon economy efficiency in China: analysis based on the Super-SBM model with CO 2 emissions

Cited by 176 publications

References 37 publications

Spatiotemporal Distribution and Driving Factors of Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China: 1977–2013

Spatiotemporal Distribution and Driving Factors of Forest Biomass Carbon Storage in China: 1977–2013

Energy Utilization Evaluation of Carbon Performance in Public Projects by FAHP and Cloud Model

The transition of Germany's energy production, green economy, low-carbon economy, socio-environmental conflicts, and equitable society

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