Drivers of change in China’s energy-related CO₂ emissions

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/89227 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/89227 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/89227 archive 353 disk0/00/01/62/49 2020-01-07 09:24:20 2021-08-27 17:32:32 2020-01-07 09:24:20 article show Zheng X. Lu Y. Yuan J. Baninla Y. Zhang S. Stenseth N.C. Hessen D.O. Tian H. Obersteiner M. 7255 0000-0001-6981-2769 Chen D. Drivers of change in China’s energy-related CO₂ emissions pub prog_esm CO2 emissions; energy consumption; policy change CO2 emissions are of global concern because of climate change. China has become the largest CO2 emitter in the world and presently accounts for 30% of global emissions. Here, we analyze the major drivers of energy-related CO2 emissions in China from 1978 when the reform and opening-up policy was launched. We find that 1) there has been a 6-fold increase in energy-related CO2 emissions, which was driven primarily (176%) by economic growth followed by population growth (16%), while the effects of energy intensity (−79%) and carbon intensity (−13%) slowed the growth of carbon emissions over most of this period; 2) energy-related CO2 emissions are positively related to per capita gross domestic product (GDP), population growth rate, carbon intensity, and energy intensity; and 3) a portfolio of command-and-control policies affecting the drivers has altered the total emission trend. However, given the major role of China in global climate change mitigation, significant future reductions in China’s CO2 emissions will require transformation toward low-carbon energy systems. 2020-01 published National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.1908513117 219 public Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 1 e201908513 TRUE 1091-6490 FALSE no info:eu-repo/semantics/article