Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions
The marine economic activities has become a vital economic driving force for development of China’s economy. However, the trajectory of greenhouse gas (i.e. GHG) emissions associated the fast growing marine economy and its role in emission mitigation remain unclear. Through compiling high-resolution...
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| author | Man Li Kuishuang Feng Heran Zheng Chen Pan Jing Meng Jiashuo Li Dabo Guan Yuan Li |
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| description | The marine economic activities has become a vital economic driving force for development of China’s economy. However, the trajectory of greenhouse gas (i.e. GHG) emissions associated the fast growing marine economy and its role in emission mitigation remain unclear. Through compiling high-resolution and time-series environmental input–output tables for 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017, this study quantify development of 13 key marine industries in driving national economic development and its supply chains, and assesses the direct and indirect contributions of marine industries to the national economy and GHGs emissions. Our results show that the total emissions of marine economy increased by 2.3 times from 2002 to 2017, and the share of that in national total emissions increased by 43.3%. The economic output of marine economy may lead to up to 1.8 times of the total economic output in the upstream industries, while the indirect emissions of major marine economy embodied in the upstream supply chains is on average 3.5 times of direct emissions from marine industries. Our findings highlight the necessity of considering total supply chain GHGs emissions associated with the fast growing marine economy to better achieve China’s climate mitigation targets. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76fd597946594b51be7712c094b377ce2023-08-09T14:58:17ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262021-01-0116505406110.1088/1748-9326/abf192Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissionsMan Li0Kuishuang Feng1Heran Zheng2Chen Pan3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1856-5424Jing Meng4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8708-0485Jiashuo Li5Dabo Guan6Yuan Li7Institute of Blue and Green Development, Weihai Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Shandong University , Weihai 264209, People’s Republic of ChinaInstitute of Blue and Green Development, Weihai Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Shandong University , Weihai 264209, People’s Republic of China; Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland , College Park, MD 20742, United States of AmericaIndustrial Ecology Programme, Department of Energy and Process Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Trondheim 7010, NorwaySchool of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London , London WC1E 7HB, United KingdomInstitute of Blue and Green Development, Weihai Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Shandong University , Weihai 264209, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of ChinaInstitute of Blue and Green Development, Weihai Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Shandong University , Weihai 264209, People’s Republic of ChinaThe marine economic activities has become a vital economic driving force for development of China’s economy. However, the trajectory of greenhouse gas (i.e. GHG) emissions associated the fast growing marine economy and its role in emission mitigation remain unclear. Through compiling high-resolution and time-series environmental input–output tables for 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017, this study quantify development of 13 key marine industries in driving national economic development and its supply chains, and assesses the direct and indirect contributions of marine industries to the national economy and GHGs emissions. Our results show that the total emissions of marine economy increased by 2.3 times from 2002 to 2017, and the share of that in national total emissions increased by 43.3%. The economic output of marine economy may lead to up to 1.8 times of the total economic output in the upstream industries, while the indirect emissions of major marine economy embodied in the upstream supply chains is on average 3.5 times of direct emissions from marine industries. Our findings highlight the necessity of considering total supply chain GHGs emissions associated with the fast growing marine economy to better achieve China’s climate mitigation targets.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf192marine industriesGHG emissionssupply chain effectsinput–output analysis |
| spellingShingle | Man Li Kuishuang Feng Heran Zheng Chen Pan Jing Meng Jiashuo Li Dabo Guan Yuan Li Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions Environmental Research Letters marine industries GHG emissions supply chain effects input–output analysis |
| title | Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_full | Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_fullStr | Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_short | Supply chain effects of China’s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions |
| title_sort | supply chain effects of china s fast growing marine economy on greenhouse gas emissions |
| topic | marine industries GHG emissions supply chain effects input–output analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf192 |
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