Provincial-Level CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality in China: Regional Source and Explanatory Factors of Interregional and Intraregional Inequalities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Measuring CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality
3.2. Decomposing CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality by Regions
3.3. Decomposing CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality by Factors
3.4. Data
4. Results
4.1. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of CO2 Emissions Intensity in China
4.2. CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality Measurement according to the Theil Index and the Regional Decomposition of It
4.3. Factor Decomposition of Interregional and Intraregional Inequalities in CO2 Emissions Intensity in China
5. Discussion and Policy Implications
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Decomposing CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality by Factors
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CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality | Interregional Component | Intraregional Component | |
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2005 | 0.083 | 0.015 (18%) | 0.068 (82%) |
2006 | 0.087 | 0.020 (23%) | 0.067 (77%) |
2007 | 0.091 | 0.024 (26%) | 0.067 (74%) |
2008 | 0.098 | 0.028 (28%) | 0.07 (72%) |
2009 | 0.101 | 0.030 (30%) | 0.071 (70%) |
2010 | 0.103 | 0.025 (24%) | 0.078 (76%) |
2011 | 0.112 | 0.029 (26%) | 0.083 (74%) |
2012 | 0.116 | 0.031 (26%) | 0.086 (74%) |
2013 | 0.123 | 0.027 (22%) | 0.096 (78%) |
2014 | 0.125 | 0.027 (22%) | 0.097 (78%) |
2015 | 0.125 | 0.024 (19%) | 0.101 (81%) |
East | Central | West | |||||||
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Internal Theil (Tg) | GDP % (pg) | Absolute Contribution | Internal Theil (Tg) | GDP %(pg) | Absolute Contribution | Internal Theil (Tg) | GDP % (pg) | Absolute Contribution | |
2005 | 0.071 | 60% | 0.042 | 0.043 | 23% | 0.010 | 0.091 | 17% | 0.015 |
2006 | 0.067 | 60% | 0.040 | 0.040 | 23% | 0.009 | 0.105 | 17% | 0.018 |
2007 | 0.068 | 60% | 0.041 | 0.035 | 23% | 0.008 | 0.105 | 17% | 0.018 |
2008 | 0.071 | 60% | 0.042 | 0.045 | 23% | 0.010 | 0.103 | 17% | 0.017 |
2009 | 0.073 | 59% | 0.043 | 0.046 | 23% | 0.011 | 0.099 | 17% | 0.017 |
2010 | 0.087 | 59% | 0.051 | 0.046 | 24% | 0.011 | 0.092 | 17% | 0.016 |
2011 | 0.086 | 58% | 0.050 | 0.045 | 24% | 0.011 | 0.126 | 18% | 0.022 |
2012 | 0.088 | 58% | 0.051 | 0.049 | 24% | 0.012 | 0.127 | 18% | 0.023 |
2013 | 0.103 | 58% | 0.060 | 0.057 | 24% | 0.014 | 0.125 | 18% | 0.023 |
2014 | 0.102 | 58% | 0.059 | 0.058 | 24% | 0.014 | 0.134 | 18% | 0.025 |
2015 | 0.105 | 57% | 0.060 | 0.053 | 24% | 0.013 | 0.153 | 19% | 0.028 |
ΔTSd | ΔTEd | ΔTCd | ΔTp | ΔT | |
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2005/2010 | |||||
Interregion | −0.005 | 0.020 | −0.002 | −0.003 | 0.010 |
East | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.012 | −0.006 | 0.016 |
Central | −0.011 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.003 |
West | 0.011 | −0.006 | 0.000 | −0.003 | 0.001 |
2010/2015 | |||||
Interregion | 0.000 | 0.008 | −0.002 | −0.008 | −0.001 |
East | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.013 | −0.003 | 0.018 |
Central | 0.004 | −0.002 | −0.002 | 0.007 | 0.007 |
West | 0.001 | 0.065 | −0.009 | 0.005 | 0.061 |
2005/2015 | |||||
Interregion | −0.006 | 0.028 | −0.004 | −0.010 | 0.009 |
East | 0.011 | 0.008 | 0.025 | −0.010 | 0.034 |
Central | −0.007 | 0.002 | −0.001 | 0.015 | 0.010 |
West | 0.013 | 0.058 | −0.010 | 0.001 | 0.062 |
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Jiang W, Liu W. Provincial-Level CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality in China: Regional Source and Explanatory Factors of Interregional and Intraregional Inequalities. Sustainability. 2020; 12(6):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062529
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiang, Wanbei, and Weidong Liu. 2020. "Provincial-Level CO2 Emissions Intensity Inequality in China: Regional Source and Explanatory Factors of Interregional and Intraregional Inequalities" Sustainability 12, no. 6: 2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062529