Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and India
As the two largest developing countries globally, China and India have become the top 1 and 3 carbon emitters, respectively. Quantitating their CO2 emissions in terms of the characteristics and driving factors is highly significant to mitigating global climate change. This study compiled the CO2 emi...
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| author | Ziheng Jiao Zhencheng Xing Guofeng Zhang Xiaolin Ma Haikun Wang Haikun Wang Haikun Wang |
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| description | As the two largest developing countries globally, China and India have become the top 1 and 3 carbon emitters, respectively. Quantitating their CO2 emissions in terms of the characteristics and driving factors is highly significant to mitigating global climate change. This study compiled the CO2 emission inventories from 1990 to 2017 in China and India. The Tapio model and index decomposition analysis were used to analyze the impact of socio-economic factors on CO2 emissions. We found that 1) CO2 emissions of China and India reached 9526 and 2242 Mt, respectively, in 2017. CO2 emissions increased during 1990–2017 with an average annual growth rate of 5% in both countries. 2) In China, the economic development has remained weakly decoupling from emissions since 2012, reaching a strong decoupling (-0.2) in 2017. In contrast, the contribution of India’s economy to emissions continued to increase, and the decoupling status showed continuous fluctuations. 3) Economic development and population explosion were the dominant factors driving CO2 emissions in the countries. The effect of energy intensity inhibited India’s emissions growth after 2008 with an impact degree lower than China. Overall, our findings on the impact of the economy and emission development may provide references for other developing countries at different stages to achieve low-carbon development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08a3df56f018444fb5c4bb06da5f20ac2022-12-22T02:51:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2022-04-011010.3389/fenvs.2022.847062847062Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and IndiaZiheng Jiao0Zhencheng Xing1Guofeng Zhang2Xiaolin Ma3Haikun Wang4Haikun Wang5Haikun Wang6State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaJoint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaJoint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaCollaborative Innovation Center of Climate Change, Nanjing, ChinaFrontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaAs the two largest developing countries globally, China and India have become the top 1 and 3 carbon emitters, respectively. Quantitating their CO2 emissions in terms of the characteristics and driving factors is highly significant to mitigating global climate change. This study compiled the CO2 emission inventories from 1990 to 2017 in China and India. The Tapio model and index decomposition analysis were used to analyze the impact of socio-economic factors on CO2 emissions. We found that 1) CO2 emissions of China and India reached 9526 and 2242 Mt, respectively, in 2017. CO2 emissions increased during 1990–2017 with an average annual growth rate of 5% in both countries. 2) In China, the economic development has remained weakly decoupling from emissions since 2012, reaching a strong decoupling (-0.2) in 2017. In contrast, the contribution of India’s economy to emissions continued to increase, and the decoupling status showed continuous fluctuations. 3) Economic development and population explosion were the dominant factors driving CO2 emissions in the countries. The effect of energy intensity inhibited India’s emissions growth after 2008 with an impact degree lower than China. Overall, our findings on the impact of the economy and emission development may provide references for other developing countries at different stages to achieve low-carbon development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.847062/fullcarbon emissionsdecouplingdriving factorsChinaIndia |
| spellingShingle | Ziheng Jiao Zhencheng Xing Guofeng Zhang Xiaolin Ma Haikun Wang Haikun Wang Haikun Wang Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and India Frontiers in Environmental Science carbon emissions decoupling driving factors China India |
| title | Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and India |
| title_full | Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and India |
| title_fullStr | Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and India |
| title_short | Comparing Decoupling and Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions in China and India |
| title_sort | comparing decoupling and driving forces of co2 emissions in china and india |
| topic | carbon emissions decoupling driving factors China India |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.847062/full |
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