Why does Beijing's carbon emission of energy consumption have an 'inverted-W' shape during 2005-2015?

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10.2991/icefs-17.2017.80How to use a DOI?

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energy consumption, carbon emission, 'inverted-W' shape, LMDI, Beijing.

Abstract

Based on the characteristics of energy use and economic growth in Beijing, we analyzed the carbon emission of energy consumption from 2005-2015 by the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index method (LMDI). The results show that Beijing's carbon emission of energy consumption had an 'inverted-W' shape during 2005-2015, the general trend of carbon emission was to rise first and then fall. The reasons were the follows. The economic scale effect was the leading factor for the increase of carbon emission in the first five years, with a contribution rate of 735.9%. However, the energy intensity effect was the main driver of carbon emission suppression in the followed five years, with a contribution rate of 285.7%. Therefore, some suggestions on the future control of carbon emission in Beijing's long-term development were put forward in the end.

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AU  - Zhihai Gong
AU  - Junsong Jia
AU  - Min Ju
AU  - Dongming Xie
PY  - 2017/01
DA  - 2017/01
TI  - Why does Beijing's carbon emission of energy consumption have an 'inverted-W' shape during 2005-2015?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Economics, Finance and Statistics (ICEFS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 567
EP  - 570
SN  - 2352-5428
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DO  - 10.2991/icefs-17.2017.80
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