Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing Factors
China is one of the world’s largest energy consumers and carbon emitters, and the situation of carbon emission reduction is serious. This paper forecasts the future trend of China’s carbon emissions by constructing a system dynamics model of China’s carbon emissions. The results show that China cann...
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| author | Haojia Kong Lifan Shi Dan Da Zhijiang Li Decai Tang Wei Xing |
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| description | China is one of the world’s largest energy consumers and carbon emitters, and the situation of carbon emission reduction is serious. This paper forecasts the future trend of China’s carbon emissions by constructing a system dynamics model of China’s carbon emissions. The results show that China cannot fulfill its commitment to peak its carbon emissions in 2030 as scheduled. Secondly, the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index model (LMDI) was used to analyze the influencing factors of China’s carbon emissions. The contribution rates of the five factors to China’s carbon emissions are as follows: economic development (226.30%), technological innovation (−105.92%), industrial structure (−26.55%), population scale (11.44%) and energy structure (−5.28%). Finally, this paper formulates five carbon emission reduction paths according to the size and direction of various factors that affect China’s carbon emissions. The paths of carbon emission reduction were simulated by using the system dynamics model of China’s carbon emissions. It is found that technological innovation is the key pathway for China to realize its commitment to carbon emission reduction. Slowing economic growth will delay the arrival time of peak carbon emissions and increase the intensity of carbon emissions. Optimizing the industrial structure, reducing the population scale and adjusting the energy structure can reduce the peak and carbon emissions in China, but the effect is small. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-deef9e13b4094b2e9f124f819c38431c2023-11-23T08:08:57ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-04-01159327210.3390/en15093272Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing FactorsHaojia Kong0Lifan Shi1Dan Da2Zhijiang Li3Decai Tang4Wei Xing5School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, ChinaSchool of Business, Jiangsu Vocational College of Electronics and Information, Huai’an 223001, ChinaSchool of Business, Jiangsu Open University, Nanjing 210000, ChinaSchool of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, ChinaSchool of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, ChinaOffice of Financial Affairs, Hu’nan Moderen Logistics College, Changsha 410131, ChinaChina is one of the world’s largest energy consumers and carbon emitters, and the situation of carbon emission reduction is serious. This paper forecasts the future trend of China’s carbon emissions by constructing a system dynamics model of China’s carbon emissions. The results show that China cannot fulfill its commitment to peak its carbon emissions in 2030 as scheduled. Secondly, the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index model (LMDI) was used to analyze the influencing factors of China’s carbon emissions. The contribution rates of the five factors to China’s carbon emissions are as follows: economic development (226.30%), technological innovation (−105.92%), industrial structure (−26.55%), population scale (11.44%) and energy structure (−5.28%). Finally, this paper formulates five carbon emission reduction paths according to the size and direction of various factors that affect China’s carbon emissions. The paths of carbon emission reduction were simulated by using the system dynamics model of China’s carbon emissions. It is found that technological innovation is the key pathway for China to realize its commitment to carbon emission reduction. Slowing economic growth will delay the arrival time of peak carbon emissions and increase the intensity of carbon emissions. Optimizing the industrial structure, reducing the population scale and adjusting the energy structure can reduce the peak and carbon emissions in China, but the effect is small.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/9/3272China’s carbon emissionspeak carbon emissionssystem simulationfactor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Haojia Kong Lifan Shi Dan Da Zhijiang Li Decai Tang Wei Xing Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing Factors Energies China’s carbon emissions peak carbon emissions system simulation factor analysis |
| title | Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing Factors |
| title_full | Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing Factors |
| title_fullStr | Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing Factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing Factors |
| title_short | Simulation of China’s Carbon Emission based on Influencing Factors |
| title_sort | simulation of china s carbon emission based on influencing factors |
| topic | China’s carbon emissions peak carbon emissions system simulation factor analysis |
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