Study of CO2 Emissions Embodied in China’s Exports

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10.2991/iea-15.2015.138How to use a DOI?

Keywords

energy consumption; CO2 emissions; international trade; input-output model

Abstract

This paper employs a revised input-output model to empirically investigate the CO2 emissions embodied in export based on the input-output (I-O) table in China from 1999 to 2008. The key results indicate the carbon emission embodied in exports has risen from 0.38 Gt in 1999 to 1.19 Gt in 2008, in which 12–24% consumption demands come from other countries every year; mainly 5 industries originating the embodied carbon in China’s exports are collectively responsible for nearly 80% carbon, which primarily going to the USA, EU and Japan, whilst a crucial implication is that responsibilities from the producers and consumers must be considered on estimating CO2 emissions during the international negotiation. Meaningful energy policies and some other trade recommendations are presented finally.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhao Yuhuan
AU  - Zhang Zhonghua
PY  - 2015/09
DA  - 2015/09
TI  - Study of CO2 Emissions Embodied in China’s Exports
BT  - Proceedings of the AASRI International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (2015)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 556
EP  - 559
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iea-15.2015.138
DO  - 10.2991/iea-15.2015.138
ID  - Yuhuan2015/09
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