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Li K, Li H, Wang Y, Yang Z, Liang S. Household carbon footprints of age groups in China and socioeconomic influencing factors. Sci Total Environ 2024; 923:171402. [PMID: 38431176 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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China has a large fastest-aging population, which would reshape household consumption patterns and influence global CO2 emissions. This study examines global CO2 emissions driven by household consumption (i.e., household carbon footprints, HCFs) of 34 age groups in China's 30 provinces and uncovers relevant socioeconomic influencing factors. Results show that China's population aging (i.e., the proportion of the elderly population) is conducive to global CO2 emission reduction during 2011-2014. This trend is mainly due to the relatively lower per capita HCFs of the elderly (1.7 t in 2014). In contrast, the per capita HCFs of the youth group are higher (3.3 t in 2014), mainly affected by the large expenditure on residence and transportation & communication. In addition, the HCFs of all age groups have increased during 2011-2014. Per capita expenditure is the most significant driver of this increase. The decline in CO2 emission intensity makes the largest contribution to reducing the HCFs of the youth group. For the aged group, expenditure structure change is the largest contributor to HCFs reduction. These findings reveal the differentiated impacts of China's household consumption by age on global CO2 emissions. This study lays the scientific foundation for deriving amelioration policies and achieving emission reduction targets in the process of population aging.
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- Ke Li
- Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Marco Greater Bay Area (GBA), Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Statistics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Marco Greater Bay Area (GBA), Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Marco Greater Bay Area (GBA), Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Sun X, Mi Z, Du H, Coffman D. Impacts of poverty eradication on carbon neutrality in China. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2024; 69:648-660. [PMID: 38218632 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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China is facing challenges to tackle the threat of climate change while reducing social inequality. Poverty eradication requires improvement in the living conditions of low-income households, which leads in turn to higher carbon footprints and may undermine the efforts of climate change mitigation. Previous studies have assessed the climate impacts of poverty eradication, but few have quantified how the additional carbon emissions of poverty eradication are shared at the subnational level in China and the impact on China's climate targets. We investigated the recent trend of carbon footprint inequality in China's provinces and estimated the climate burden of different poverty reduction schemes, measured by increased carbon emissions. The results indicate that poverty eradication will not impede the achievement of national climate targets, with an average annual household carbon footprint increase of 0.1%-1.2%. However, the carbon emissions growth in less developed provinces can be 4.0%, five times that in wealthy regions. Less developed regions suffer a greater climate burden because of poverty eradication, which may offset carbon reduction efforts. Therefore, interregional collaboration is needed to coordinate inequality reduction with investments in low-carbon trajectories in all provinces.
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- Xinlu Sun
- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK
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- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK.
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- College of Management and Economics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; National Industry-Education Platform of Energy Storage, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK
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Ma X, Zhao C, Song C, Meng D, Xu M, Liu R, Yan Y, Liu Z. The impact of regional policy implementation on the decoupling of carbon emissions and economic development. J Environ Manage 2024; 355:120472. [PMID: 38452620 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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The contradiction between economic growth demands and the achievement of the "dual-carbon" goals at the regional level is a pressing issue in China. As a significant economic and cultural center in the western region of China, the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration has experienced rapid development and urbanization, making it one of the key areas for national development. Therefore, greater attention should be given to carbon emission reduction in this region. This study focuses on the dataset from 2010 to 2019 in the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration, utilizing an input-output table to construct a carbon dioxide emission inventory. The research investigates the impact of regional classification on carbon emission levels within the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration. Furthermore, the Tapio decoupling analysis method is employed to assess the decoupling coefficient between regional economic development and carbon emissions. Additionally, the Theil index inequality analysis method is utilized to measure the disparities in per capita carbon emissions among cities within the region. Research findings indicate the following: 1) The regional classification of the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration is an effective policy for reducing regional carbon emissions and promoting carbon emissions reduction. 2) There exist variations in energy and industrial structures among cities within the urban agglomeration, necessitating tailored measures for low-carbon transition based on the specific circumstances of each city. 3) The regional classification of the urban agglomeration significantly influences the degree of decoupling between economic development and carbon emissions, with a trend towards stronger decoupling. The study suggests that cities within the Guanzhong Plain urban agglomeration should adopt measures aligned with their natural conditions and economic characteristics to achieve a low-carbon transition. Leveraging the regional cooperation capacity of the urban agglomeration is crucial to decouple economic development from carbon emissions, thereby promoting sustainable economic growth and environmental protection in a mutually beneficial manner.
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- Xiaoyue Ma
- School of Economics, Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Xi'an 710122, China
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- School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China
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- Higher Information Industry Technology Research Institute, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing 100192, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University 150001, China
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- School of Economics, Northwest University of Political Science and Law, Xi'an 710122, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Eastem Institute for Advanced Study, Eastem Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315200, China; Institute of the Building Environment & Sustainability Technology, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Yan B, Dietzenbacher E, Los B. The global emission mitigation potential of avoiding waste and product lifespan extension by Chinese households. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24322. [PMID: 38322907 PMCID: PMC10843998 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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This paper examines the emission mitigation potential of Chinese households' low-carbon behavior by 2030 through a global carbon footprint scenario analysis. The emission reduction effect is estimated by comparing the projected global emissions in 2030 in a lifestyle emulation scenario and a low-carbon scenario, in which Chinese households adopt low-carbon consumption behaviors. Lifestyle emulation is modeled based on what we call "world Engel curves", which describe how the expenditure share of a certain consumption good depends on the total per capita expenditures for household consumption (which depends on income). By including a dynamic link between household lifestyle changes and GDP, we then obtain the emission projections under different scenarios in 2030, based on the historical data for 49 countries from 1995 to 2011 from EXIOBASE. Our results show that adopting a mild low-carbon lifestyle by households helps only little in terms of reducing GHG emissions. Reducing avoidable waste and expanding the lifetime of products are not enough to help meeting the 2 °C goal. More drastic changes are required.
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- Bingqian Yan
- National Academy of Economic Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, 100006, China
- Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, PO Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, the Netherlands
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Zheng X, Huang G, Li J, Liu L, Zhai M, Pan X. A sector-disaggregated cross-regional emission analysis for carbon mitigation policies from production and consumption perspectives. Sci Total Environ 2023; 895:164973. [PMID: 37336401 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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As one of the most challenging environment issues worldwide, climate change has posed a serious threat to habitat, species, and people's livelihoods. In this study, a sector-disaggregated cross-regional emission analysis model is developed to systematically analyze enviro-economic effects of sector-level carbon mitigation efforts from both production and consumption perspectives for supporting climate change-related policymaking. A special case study of Hubei Province, China, is conducted to demonstrate the potential benefits of its use in the climate change related policymaking field. The power generation sector has been disaggregated into five subsectors based on different power generation technologies to help investigate the potential of such technologies to carbon emission mitigations. The carbon mitigation policy scenarios from both industry optimization and demand substitute perspectives will further be explored to provide bases for decision makers to formulate the desired carbon mitigation policy aimed at different regions and sectors. Results indicate that dominant direct and indirect CO2 emissions in Hubei Province are from the Production and supply of fossil-fuel power sector and Construction sector, respectively. When industry optimization policies on the fossil-fuel power sector (in Hubei), there are significant effects on the CO2 emission mitigation whichever regions. Therefore, industry optimization policies are suggested for implementation in specific sectors with close intersectoral/interprovince trade contacts and significant emissions to achieve joint carbon emission mitigations.
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- Xiaogui Zheng
- Environmental Systems Engineering Program, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Environmental Systems Engineering Program, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
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- Institute of Hydroecology, MWR & CAS, Wuhan 430079, China
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- Centre for Environmental & Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- Institute of Circular Economy, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Hydroecology, MWR & CAS, Wuhan 430079, China
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Chen J, Feng G, Zhou J. Analyzing the carbon emission effect and systematic emission reduction mechanism of the Sino-USA manufacturing trade. J Environ Manage 2023; 344:118681. [PMID: 37544262 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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This study analyzed the theoretical mechanism of the carbon emission effect embodied in the Sino-USA manufacturing trade. We constructed a trade and carbon emission input-output model for 16 manufacturing sub-sectors in China and the USA from 2000 to 2018. A comprehensive empirical test of the systematic emission reduction mechanism was conducted. There were four main findings: (1) indirect and direct carbon emissions indicators can comprehensively analyze the link between production and demand across sectors; (2) indirect carbon emissions are higher than direct carbon emissions in half of the sectors in both China and the USA, and other sectors bear part of the carbon emissions for these sectors; (3) compared to 2000, the change in net exports of both countries is the main reason for the change in indirect carbon emissions, while the change in net exports of intermediate goods is the main reason for the change in direct carbon emissions; and (4) the Sino-USA trade surplus comes at the expense of China's environmental losses, while the USA obtains environmental benefits. Overall, the theoretical analytical framework not only comprehensively considers the interlinkages between production and demand across sectors but also provides a more reasonable evaluation of the environmental effects of Sino-USA trade. Additionally, this study provides a solid theoretical and empirical basis for China to achieve its dual-cycle and dual-carbon goals, thus promoting the rapid transformation of China's economy toward green and high-quality development.
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- Juan Chen
- School of Statistics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 555 Liutai Avenue, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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- School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 777 Guoding Rd, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 777 Guoding Rd, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Zhou W, Feng R, Han M. The robustness and disturbance within China's industrial complex network under carbon border tariffs. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:109841-109853. [PMID: 37782363 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-29623-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Since the European Commission proposed in July 2021 to implement a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the impact mechanism has received increasing attention worldwide. This study aims to analyze the impact of carbon border tariffs on China's carbon-intensive industries and simulate the risk transmission within China's industrial complex network based on the complex network modeling and cascading failure analysis. The results showed that the industries subject to carbon border tariffs played an essential role in China's entire industrial structure, which is closely related to industries including construction, metal, and manufacturing. If the carbon border tariffs are imposed on the steel industry, China's relevant industries will be reduced by 1.29%, followed by the fertilizer industry and non-ferrous metal industry with proportions of 1.11% and 0.95%, respectively. When the industrial transmission threshold reaches 0.8, the export shocks will affect the entire industrial network, leading to a rapid growth in the number of infected industries. By depicting the industrial linkage and impact mechanism of carbon border tariffs, this study is expected to provide practical suggestions and implications for carbon-intensive industries towards sustainable low-carbon transition under carbon border tariffs.
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- Wenwen Zhou
- School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China.
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
- Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK.
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Jia Y, Wu J, Cheng M, Xia X. Global transfer of salinization on irrigated land: Complex network and endogenous structure. J Environ Manage 2023; 336:117592. [PMID: 36893540 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Increasing globalization intensifies land redistribution via global supply chains. Interregional trade not only transfers embodied land but also displaces the negative environmental impact of land degradation from one region to another. This study sheds light on land degradation transfer by focusing on salinization directly whereas previous studies have extensively assessed the land resource embodied in trade. To analyze the relationships among economies under interwoven embodied flows, this study integrates complex network analysis and input-output method to observe the endogenous structure of the transfer system. By focusing on irrigated land with higher crop yields than dryland farming, we make policy recommendations on food safety and proper irrigation. The results of the quantitative analysis show that the total amount of saline and sodic irrigated land embodied in global final demand are 260978.23 and 424291.05 square kilometers respectively. Salt-affected area of irrigated land is imported by not only developed countries but also large developing countries such as Mainland China and India. Exports of embodied salt-affected land in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan are pressing issues, accounting for nearly 60% of total exports from net exporters worldwide. It is also demonstrated that embodied transfer network has a basic community structure of three groups due to regional preference in agricultural products trade.
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- Yuanxin Jia
- School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China
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- School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China; Institute of China's Economic Reform and Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China.
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Li H, Chen Q, Liu G, Virginia Lombardi G, Su M, Yang Z. Uncovering the risk spillover of agricultural water scarcity by simultaneously considering water quality and quantity. J Environ Manage 2023; 343:118209. [PMID: 37229864 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Not only insufficient water quantity but also inadequate water quality can pose constraints on agricultural production and result in potential economic losses. Such economic losses in agriculture may adversely impact downstream producers through reduced input supplies. In this study, we developed an index assessing potential economic losses in agriculture under both quantity- and quality-induced water scarcity, termed integrated Agricultural Water Scarcity Risk (AWSR). Combining integrated AWSR with a multi-regional input-output model, we estimated the spillovers of integrated AWSR along supply chains. Our results showed that the intersectoral transmission of virtual integrated AWSR (sectoral spillovers in terms of integrated AWSR) were 5 times the virtual quantity-based AWSR. Pollution significantly intensifies the indirect supply-chain repercussions of agricultural water scarcity. Moreover, we identified some primary virtual integrated AWSR exporters (e.g., Jiangsu-vegetables and Shandong-swine, of which the integrated AWSR had considerable spillover effects on downstream sectors) and importers (e.g., Henan-chemical industry and Henan-textiles, which were vulnerable to upstream integrated AWSR), that could not be detected in quantity-based AWSR results. This study underscores the importance of water quality in the assessments of AWSR. Strategies to mitigate the spillovers of AWSR might be inefficient without the consideration of water quality.
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- Hui Li
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Advanced Interdisciplinary Institute of Environment and Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Department of Economies and Management, University of Firenze, Via delle Pandette 9, Firenze, 50127, Italy
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- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Advanced Interdisciplinary Institute of Environment and Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China.
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Kuzmenko E, Čechura L. Decomposition analysis of global value chains: Uncovering vulnerable spots in a selected economy (the example of Czechia). Heliyon 2023; 9:e15763. [PMID: 37215904 PMCID: PMC10196523 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Recent global turmoil has added to the importance of food security issues and the sustainability of production processes worldwide. This study aims to uncover the degree of domestic industries' dependence on the international fragmentation of production processes and identify the countries of origin of those producers who have managed to displace domestic producers in corresponding Global Value Chains. Using data retrieved from the World Input-Output Database, we studied Czechia's example via demarcation of domestic value-added (DVA) shares from foreign ones in final domestic products. A declining trend in DVA signalises an ever-increasing dependence on foreign inputs. The conducted analysis allowed a VA-structure (and its dynamics for a sequence of years) to be clearly identified for final domestic products among 30 industries that virtually cover the entire economy. The most alarming finding is the marked reduction of DVA in food manufacturing, which points to a weakening of Czech food security. Realising all the connections within GVCs may help to identify vulnerable spots in domestic production processes and prepare adequate response mechanisms in potential situations of possible interruptions from the foreign side. The detailed explanation of the decomposition technique provided in the study can be used in similar analyses of other economies to reveal noteworthy trends and prepare response measures.
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Wang PP, Huang GH, Li YP. A factorial stepwise-clustering input-output model for unveiling water-carbon nexus from multi-policy perspectives. Sci Total Environ 2023; 866:161315. [PMID: 36603622 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Water-carbon nexus exerts significant influence on environmental sustainability. The demand-side patterns of water-carbon nexus in supply chains have been extensively conducted. However, there is still research gap in unveiling supply-side complex relationships among various sectors from multi-policy perspectives. In this study, a factorial stepwise-clustering input-output (FSCIO) model is developed to uncover the complicated water-carbon nexus accompanied by analyses of multi-element, multi-sector and multi-policy. This is the first time that input-output analysis (IOA), stepwise cluster analysis (SCA) and factorial analysis (FA) are integrated to explore water-carbon nexus. Water-carbon flows along supply chains are tracked through IOA. SCA helps identify key sectors through evaluating the complexities in water-carbon nexus. FA helps examine different supply-side policies (i.e., input- and allocation-oriented policies, abbreviated as IOP and AOP) through quantifying the effects of multiple sectors and their interactions. We find that China's water-carbon characteristics in supply side differ greatly from those in demand side (e.g., construction is a significant final consumer and other service is more prominent as a primary supplier). The impacts of supply-side policies on different sectors vary significantly and AOP is generally better than IOP in the trade-off between water-carbon pressures mitigation and economic development. The effects of multiple sectors and their interactions on water and carbon shouldn't be neglected and the appropriate policy combinations could have good synergistic effects (e.g., IOP on electricity-gas-water supply, and AOP on chemical, machinery and other service). This study not only provides insight into the multifaceted features of China's water-carbon nexus, but also provides guidance for the supply-side policies.
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- P P Wang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, China-Canada Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, China-Canada Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, China-Canada Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
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Wang Y, Wang H, Wang P, Zhang X, Zhang Z, Zhong Q, Ma F, Yue Q, Chen WQ, Du T, Liang S. Cascading impacts of global metal mining on climate change and human health caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Resour Conserv Recycl 2023; 190:106800. [PMID: 36465718 PMCID: PMC9705201 DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly disrupted global metal mining and associated supply chains. Here we analyse the cascading effects of the metal mining disruption associated with the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, climate change, and human health. We find that the pandemic reduced global metal mining by 10-20% in 2020. This reduction subsequently led to losses in global economic output of approximately 117 billion US dollars, reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 33 million tonnes (exceeding Hungary's emissions in 2015), and reduced human health damage by 78,192 disability-adjusted life years. In particular, copper and iron mining made the most significant contribution to these effects. China and rest-of-the-world America were the most affected. The cascading effects of the metal mining disruption associated with the pandemic on the economy, climate change, and human health should be simultaneously considered in designing green economic stimulus policies.
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- Yao Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361021, People's Republic of China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Eco-Industry, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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Wang X, Wang Y, Liu Y, Liu J, Hu X, Hu J, Wan Y, Wang X, Ma J, Wang X, Tao S. Consumption-driven freight turnover of interprovincial trade and related air pollution emissions in China from 2007 to 2012. Environ Pollut 2023; 318:120914. [PMID: 36563994 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Freight transport has become increasingly important regarding CO2 and air pollutant emissions in China but has rarely been assessed using consumption-based methods. Based on the multi-regional input-output tables of China, in this work, we use structural path analysis (SPA) to link interprovincial trade-related freight turnover to responsible sectors of final consumption. We find that from 2007 to 2012, the interprovincial trade turnover in China increased by 39% and reached 3.87 × 1012 ton-km in 2012, associated with emissions of approximately 370 Mt CO2, 6.1 Mt CO and 2.5 Mt NOx. We also find that each 10 thousand CNY final consumption on interprovincial traded goods in China may drive 2000 ton-km of freight turnover and generate 200 kg CO2 emissions. This environmental burden will decrease by a factor of five if only locally produced goods are consumed. Final consumption in equipment, construction, service and food caused the most significant freight turnover; they drive a large quantity of low-value-added but heavy-weight semifinished products, such as mining and metal products, to be shipped across the provinces at the very upstream of the supply chain. Policymakers should aim to optimize China's industrial geographical layout and trade structure to facilitate deep CO2 reductions associated with the freight transport system.
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- Xian Wang
- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- School of Statistics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Liu M, Wen J, Meng Y, Yang X, Wang J, Wu J, Chen H. Carbon emission structure decomposition analysis of manufacturing industry from the perspective of input-output subsystem: a case study of China. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:19012-19029. [PMID: 36223020 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23334-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In China, manufacturing is the industry that consumes the most energy and emits the most carbon, and the effect of emission reduction on the process of reaching carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is decisive. The existing research on the driving factors of manufacturing carbon emissions has not analyzed the specific structural characteristics of manufacturing carbon emissions from the perspective of industrial relevance, and little attention has been paid to the discussion of carbon emission reduction paths of different manufacturing sectors from the perspective of final demand. This study examines the direct carbon emissions and carbon emissions from final demand in China's manufacturing sector, and decomposes the carbon emissions from final demand into six distinct components using input-output analysis. In addition, this study examines the carbon emission path in manufacturing production activities, as well as the carbon emission reduction potential and scenario prediction of the factors influencing manufacturing carbon emissions. In 2018, the direct carbon emissions and carbon emissions from final demand were approximately 4.61 billion tons and 3.50 billion tons, respectively. Meanwhile, direct and indirect spillovers accounted for 62.1% and 23.1% of carbon emissions from final demand, respectively. Using the carbon emission transfer route map of the manufacturing industry, the direction and amount of carbon emission transfer from various energy sources can be accurately determined. The CR scenario predicts that the manufacturing industry will reach its carbon peak between 2025 and 2030, with a corresponding peak between 4.02 and 4.06 billion tons, and that carbon emissions in 2060 will be 40% lower than in 2018.
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- Manzhi Liu
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, 221116, China
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Sun S, Tang Q, Konar M, Fang C, Liu H, Liu X, Fu G. Water transfer infrastructure buffers water scarcity risks to supply chains. Water Res 2023; 229:119442. [PMID: 36473410 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Inter-basin water transfer (IBWT) infrastructure has been expanding to deliver water across China to meet water demands in populated and industrial areas. Water scarcity may threaten the ability to produce and distribute goods through supply chains. Yet, it is not clear if IBWTs transmit or buffer water scarcity throughout supply chains. Here we combine a national database of IBWT projects and multi-region input-output analysis to trace water transferred by IBWT and virtual scarce water (scarcity weighted water use) from IBWT sourcing basins to production sites then to end consumers. The results indicate that production and final consumption of sectoral products have been increasingly supported by IBWT infrastructure, with physically transferred water volumes doubling between 2007 and 2017. Virtual scarce water is about half of the virtual water supporting the supply chain of the nation. IBWT effectively reduced virtual scarce water supporting the supply chains of most provinces, with the exposure to water scarcity reduced by a maximum of 56.7% and 15.0% for production and final consumption, respectively. IBWT Infrastructure development can thus buffer water scarcity risk to the supply chain and should be considered in water management and sustainable development policy decisions.
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- Siao Sun
- Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL 61801 United States of America
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- Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Hydraulic Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom
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Peng S, Wang X, Du Q, Wu K, Lv T, Tang Z, Wei L, Xue J, Wang Z. Evolution of household carbon emissions and their drivers from both income and consumption perspectives in China during 2010-2017. J Environ Manage 2023; 326:116624. [PMID: 36356538 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Household inputs and consumption play important roles in driving carbon emissions in China. However, existing studies have mainly studied consumption-based household carbon emissions in specific years to highlight consumption guidance and management, and little attention has been given to income-based accounting and policy-making focused on primary input behaviors and product allocation behaviors. In the quest for more coordinated and efficient mitigation strategies, we applied input-output analysis (IOA) combined with the biproportional scaling method (RAS) to obtain both income- and consumption-based annual accounting of rural and urban household carbon emissions from 2010 to 2017 and then used structural decomposition analysis (SDA) to determine key driving factors and sectors. Our results revealed that the proportions of income-based household emissions in gross emissions were higher than that of consumption-based household emissions. In terms of driving factors, per capita income/consumption contributed the largest increase in household emissions for most of the period, and population changes also showed a weak positive effect. However, intermediate input/output structure and carbon emission intensity were the main offsetting factors for household emissions. Compared with the consumption-based results, the income-based results can identify some new critical sectors that lead to household emission changes. Furthermore, the discrepant results for rural and urban household carbon emissions from both income and consumption perspectives suggest that differentiated measures of rural and urban households in key sectors are necessary. Finally, we propose industrial chain adjustment strategies and household input and consumption behavior recommendations in the context of urbanization.
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- Sha Peng
- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; Center of Hubei Cooperative Innovation for Emissions Trading System, School of Low Carbon Economics, Research Center of Hubei Financial Development and Financial Security, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, 430205, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangzhou, 510045, China
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- Center of Hubei Cooperative Innovation for Emissions Trading System, School of Low Carbon Economics, Research Center of Hubei Financial Development and Financial Security, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- School of Economics, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Center of Hubei Cooperative Innovation for Emissions Trading System, School of Low Carbon Economics, Research Center of Hubei Financial Development and Financial Security, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- Wuhan Ecological Environment Science and Technology Center, Wuhan, 430010, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
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- Center of Hubei Cooperative Innovation for Emissions Trading System, School of Low Carbon Economics, Research Center of Hubei Financial Development and Financial Security, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, 430205, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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Chen Y, Wang Y, Ding T, Wang K, Wu H. Water footprint and virtual water trade analysis in water-rich basins: Case of the Chaohu Lake Basin in China. Sci Total Environ 2022; 843:156906. [PMID: 35753485 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Water footprints and virtual water are widely used as essential tools for water use and conservation analysis of basins worldwide. Despite the importance of water-rich basins as the main force for water-saving, water use analysis has been mainly for water-scarce basins rather than water-rich basins in the existing literature. To fill the gap, in this paper, we investigate the water footprint and virtual water trade in a water-rich basin, namely the Chaohu Lake Basin in China, from 2007 to 2017 using input-output analysis. The results show that: (1) Water use efficiency in the Chaohu Lake Basin was significantly improved. The overall trend of the water intensity was declining, decreasing by 10.21 % in 2017 versus 2012; (2) The internal and external water footprints showed an upward trend, and the growth rate of total water footprint was 36.66 %; (3) The basin was a net virtual water exporter, but the net export flows of virtual water has decreased significantly. The virtual water net export flow decreased by 0.12 billion m3 in 2017 versus 2012; (4) Water resources in the basin were mainly used locally, and its supply to other provinces was minimal. Compared with some water-scarce basins such as the Heihe River Basin and Haihe River Basin, the Chaohu Lake Basin shows significant gaps in the virtual water export flow per capita and behaves differently in the proportion of virtual water transfer. Based on the above findings, we conclude with some guidance and implications for local governments and policymakers.
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- Ya Chen
- School of Economics and Center for Industrial Information and Economy, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China.
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- School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- School of Economics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China
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- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China; School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, PR China; Sustainable Development Research Institute for Economy and Society of Beijing, Beijing 100081, PR China; Beijing Key Lab of Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Beijing 100081, PR China.
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- School of Economics and Center for Industrial Information and Economy, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui 230601, PR China.
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Zhang S, Yu Y, Kharrazi A, Ren H, Ma T. Quantifying the synergy and trade-offs among economy-energy-environment-social targets: A perspective of industrial restructuring. J Environ Manage 2022; 316:115285. [PMID: 35588670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Protecting our environment while maintaining economic growth, requires a delicate balance among interlinked sustainable development policies. In this paper, we examine China's economic industries, including a high-resolution of the country's electricity sector during 2020-2030, using a multi-objective optimization model based on Input-Output analysis. This model, investigates the synergy and trade-offs of sustainable development goals in maximizing employment and GDP while minimizing energy and water consumption, CO2 emissions, and five major pollutants to advance a sustainable industrial structure adjustment pathway for China. Our results reveal that there exists both synergies and trade-offs among multiple objectives, e.g., synergy among goals of minimizing air pollutant emissions and trade-offs between minimizing energy consumption and maximizing employment. Through the planned industrial restructuring period (2020-2030), the GDP, employment, carbon emission, and energy consumption will increase respectively by, 96.1%, 7.2%, 16.8%, 16.8%, and 6.3%, while pollutant emissions would decrease. Moreover, our research indicates that energy and water conservation should be prioritized in industrial structure adjustment strategies and policies. Our model demonstrates how the synergies and trade-offs among multiple policy targets can empower policy-makers, especially in developing nations, to make more informed and optimized industrial structure adjustment policies for sustainable development.
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- Shuo Zhang
- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria; CMCC Foundation-Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change and Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 30175, Venice, Italy; Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Global Studies Program, Akita International University, Yuwa City, Akita, 010-1292, Japan
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- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Business, East China University of Science and Technology, Meilong Road 130, Shanghai, 200237, China; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, Laxenburg, A-2361, Austria.
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Liu Y, Yan C, Gao J, Wu X, Zhang B. Mapping the changes of CH 4 emissions in global supply chains. Sci Total Environ 2022; 832:155019. [PMID: 35381243 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study aims to identify methane (CH4) emission flows along global supply chains from both production- and consumption-based perspectives and their temporal changes from 2000 to 2014. We employed the structural path analysis (SPA) method to examine the embodied CH4 emission trade through inter-sectoral and inter-regional supply chains. Production activities in the sector of Agriculture (such as crop and animal production) and consumption activities in Construction (such as infrastructure) were the most significant contributors to global CH4 emission increases during 2000-2014. Agriculture and Mining (such as coal mining) accounted for large shares of global embodied CH4 trade at the final consumption tier (i.e., the trade of final goods or services), while Food (such as beverages and tobacco) and Heavy manufacturing (such as steel or automobile manufacturing) were significant contributors to embodied CH4 emissions in the trade of intermediate goods or services directly used to produce final goods or services. This finding highlights the different potential of the sectors for CH4 abatement along global supply chains. The United States imported the most embodied CH4 emissions from foreign areas in 2000 in contrast to China, which dominated imports in 2014. Over 80% of China's embodied CH4 emissions in 2014 were related to intermediate production along global supply chains due to industrial upgrading. India surpassed China as the largest direct emitter for producing final goods or services. Given the critical role of non-CO2 greenhouse gases in global climate change, the spatiotemporal changes of CH4 emissions in global supply chains can help explore the justified allocation of reduction responsibility between countries and sectors connected by the chains.
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- Ying Liu
- School of Management, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Management, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China
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- School of Management, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China
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- Economics School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, PR China.
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- School of Management, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China; Harvard China Project, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, MA 02138, USA.
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Jiang M, An H, Gao X. Adjusting the global industrial structure for minimizing global carbon emissions: A network-based multi-objective optimization approach. Sci Total Environ 2022; 829:154653. [PMID: 35314220 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Although many scholars have focused on industrial structure adjustment to find the optimal balance between carbon emission reduction and economic growth, few studies have considered the comprehensive influence of the supply chain structure on carbon emissions. Based previous studies, we proposed a novel network-based optimization model. The results showed that carbon emissions would decrease by 4.31%, 6.26 and 8.07% with GDP increasing by 5.53%. 4.45% and 2.50% in different scenarios in the proposed network-based model, which performed better than the previous non-network-based model. There were some principal sectors which played special roles in the optimization of global industrial structure. To achieve the goal of global carbon emission reduction, some sectors should significantly reduce their total outputs such as materials and energy in China, while other sectors could continue to increase their total outputs such as machinery and services in China and South Korea. The results also showed that the change rate of carbon emissions was related with the costs of carbon emissions for the GDP growth. Countries with higher costs of carbon emissions, such as China, India and Russia, would burden more responsibilities. Furthermore, we found that the changes of the industrial structures of countries (regions) were different under global carbon emission reduction. Due to the current technology limitation, the production activities of energy and material industries in developing countries, such as China and India, should be reduced. Technology exportation of developed countries in such industries would be beneficial for the global carbon reduction.
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- Meihui Jiang
- School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 210044, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100083, China
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Dweck E, Marcato MB, Torracca J, Miguez T. COVID-19 and the Brazilian manufacturing sector: Roads to reindustrialization within societal purposes. Struct Chang Econ Dyn 2022; 61:278-293. [PMID: 36247207 PMCID: PMC9550638 DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2022.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The COVID-19 crisis represents a turning point to rethink industrial policy spaces and countries' productive autonomy, especially for developing economies, such as Brazil, that call for new ways of thinking about manufacturing within societal purposes. Using an input-output model, the paper explores the pandemic-crisis-effects in the case of the Brazilian manufacturing sector. We find that the pandemic-crisis has harmful effects on the Brazilian productive structure, revealing the dependence on imports of the Brazilian Health System. Reductions in manufacturing gross output and value-added are mainly seen in knowledge-intensive subsectors, followed by job losses and tax revenue reduction. We suggest that the pandemic points to some roads to reindustrialization and resilience, given the reorganization of international production networks and the growing dependence on imports in key manufacturing sectors. Thus, the potential role of the manufacturing sector to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth reveals the importance of building productive capacity beyond the pandemic.
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- Esther Dweck
- Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Tian G, Xia Q, Wu Z, Fu T. Ecological network analysis of industrial wastes metabolism based on input-output model for Jiangsu, China. Waste Manag 2022; 143:23-34. [PMID: 35219253 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The enormous discharge of industrial waste seriously hinders the sustainable development of cities. However, most studies only involve a single or limited category of industrial pollutants, ignoring the environmental pressure caused by multiple resources and environmental factors. This paper combines input-output analysis and ecological network analysis to construct an industrial waste metabolic input-output (IWMIO) model, which explores the industrial waste discharge and discharge relationships among different sectors in Jiangsu Province from the three aspects of industrial wastewater, industrial waste gas, and industrial solid waste. The results show that the indirect discharge of industrial waste is greater than the direct discharge in the industrial waste metabolism system. TI (Tertiary industry), CI (Chemical industry), SPM (Smelting and pressing of metals), and PSEH (Production and supply of electricity and heat) dominate the industrial waste metabolism system. In addition, MWC (Mining and washing of coal), MNMP (Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products), SPM (Smelting and pressing of metals) have more mutualism and competition relationships with other sectors, so the control of industrial waste discharge in these sectors contributes to achieving emission reduction targets. Based on the research results, this paper proposes corresponding policy recommendations such as considering both direct and indirect emissions of sectors when formulating waste reduction policies and developing pertinent industrial waste reduction programs based on the characteristics of the identified sectors. The results of this paper are helpful to identify the dependence and influence relationships of various sectors in the industrial waste metabolism system, promote industrial waste discharge control, and provide theoretical support for the adjustment of industrial structure and the formulation of related policies in Jiangsu Province.
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- Guiliang Tian
- Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China; Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, Nanjing 211100, China; Jiangsu Research Base of Yangtze Institute for Conservation and High-quality Development, Nanjing 211100, China
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- Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China; Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, Nanjing 211100, China; Jiangsu Research Base of Yangtze Institute for Conservation and High-quality Development, Nanjing 211100, China.
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- Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China; Yangtze Institute for Conservation and Development, Nanjing 211100, China; Jiangsu Research Base of Yangtze Institute for Conservation and High-quality Development, Nanjing 211100, China
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- Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
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Hao R, Huang G, Liu L, Li Y, Li J, Zhai M. Sustainable conjunctive water management model for alleviating water shortage. J Environ Manage 2022; 304:114243. [PMID: 34915382 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Water shortage poses a great challenge to the health of population and environment and impedes socio-economic development. Therefore, a comprehensive model is necessary to promote the adaptation of the whole socio-economic system to limited water resources. To achieve it, a sustainable conjunctive water management model (SCWM) was developed. In SCWM, direct (physical) and indirect (virtual or embodied) water consumptions of multiple water resources in future scenarios are projected, and the sustainable performances of various water-saving scenarios are quantified from the perspectives of water resources, economy, and ecosystem under water capping policy. A case study of Shaanxi, a typical water shortage province in central-eastern China, is conducted aimed at conquering the irrational use of surface- and ground-water subjected to the constraint of future total water use quota. Key findings contain optimal possibility of adapting water shortage via saving water through increasing industrial water efficiency to 11.12 m3/10,000 CNY and reducing 40% of agricultural final demand (Summation of direct and indirect water savings of the two scenarios are 41.57 × 108 m3 and 20.27 × 108 m3, respectively.) and nonsynergistic effects of simultaneous decreasing final demand of multiple sectors on water consumption intensity (WCI) of total (all kinds of water) water, surface- and ground-water. To devise effective policies for conjunctive management of surface- and ground-water, positive utility, economic structure and water productivity should be heeded, and proposals emphasize trade-offs between surface water saving and groundwater conservation, water metabolic and socio-economic systems sustainability and negative interaction of multiple sectors on economy and WCI should be framed. The innovation of this study is the development of SCWM, which can provide sustainable solution for future multiple-source water saving management measures thoroughly concerning direct and indirect water and sectorial interactions. The model not only brings insights to Shaanxi's water management but also can be used for other similar arid area.
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- Rongjie Hao
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, China-Canada Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada.
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- Centre for Environmental & Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Sino-Canada Resources and Environmental Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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Yang L, Li Y, Wang D, Wang Z, Yang Y, Lv H, Zhang X. Relieving the water-energy nexus pressure through whole supply chain management: Evidence from the provincial-level analysis in China. Sci Total Environ 2022; 807:150809. [PMID: 34626641 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Water-energy nexus (WEN) is an international hot-spot issue, while more attentions have been paid to the direct nexus effect resulting from production activities. In this context, this study firstly used the multiregional input-output (MRIO) analysis to offer a full spectrum of water and energy usage throughout the whole supply chain in China, considering production-based perspective and betweenness-based and consumption-based perspectives. And then the principal components analysis (PCA) was applied to further target the critical WEN sectors in Chinese's 30 provinces. The results show that: (1) For most of these provinces, the direct WEN pressure caused by production activities can be found in several traditional resource-intensive sectors, especially in S22 (Production and supply of electric power and steam) and S14 (Smelting and pressing of metals). (2) The most critical transmission sectors with WEN pressure was S12 (Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products), followed by S14 in most of these province. S22 was the key transmission center in several provinces, and S7 (Manufacture of textile) in Fujian and Hubei and S10 (Papermaking and printing) in Zhejiang and Hainan should also be highly-concerned. (3) For all of these provinces, the indirect WEN pressure driven by final consumption appeared in S24 (Construction industry). In addition, S16 (Manufacture of general and special-purpose machinery) and S17 (Manufacture of Transport equipment) were the other two key consumption-based WEN sectors in some provinces. Overall, the WEN pressures in Jiangsu were relatively great in China, and S12 in Hubei was the only sector facing great WEN pressure from all three perspectives. Our results can draw implications for regional sustainable development in China.
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- Lin Yang
- School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia University, Inner Mongolia 010021, China; New Energy Economy Strategic Research Think Tank Alliance of Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia 010021, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia University, Inner Mongolia 010021, China; New Energy Economy Strategic Research Think Tank Alliance of Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia 010021, China.
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- Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, ACT 2601, Australia
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- School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia University, Inner Mongolia 010021, China; New Energy Economy Strategic Research Think Tank Alliance of Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia 010021, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- The Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing 100038, China
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Xin M, Wang J, Xing Z. Decline of virtual water inequality in China's inter-provincial trade: An environmental economic trade-off analysis. Sci Total Environ 2022; 806:150524. [PMID: 34852433 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The trade-off between economic growth and environmental conservation is a significant factor in national environmental management. Previous studies have revealed that there are substantial water resources embodied in the inter-regional trade of China, but there is a scarcity of studies analyzing the cost-benefit inequality in trade, which should be considered when developing water resource allocation and conservation policies. The aim of the present study was to fill the gap in existing research by constructing a novel virtual water inequality index based on the net transfers of virtual water and value added between trading provinces. The results of the present study reveal that the virtual water trade of China accounts for about a third of the annual water use thereof and tends to flow from interior developing provinces to coastal developed provinces. Over 70% of consumption-based water consumption of richer provinces (Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai) is imported from other regions; however, approximately 60% of the value added triggered by the final consumption of said regions is retained within the region. When trading with rich provinces, several developing provinces with rich water resources, such as Xinjiang and Heilongjiang, not only incur net water outflows but also suffer a negative balance of value added, thereby resulting in the occurrence of virtual water inequality. However, with the coordinated development of China's economy, the problem of virtual water inequality in China's inter-provincial trade has been alleviated to some extent. Advocating water pricing system reform to reflect local water scarcity is suggested, especially in arid regions. Additionally, a virtual water compensation scheme considering cost-benefit inequality in trade may also be a practical solution.
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- Minglun Xin
- School of Business, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
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- School of Business, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Zhang X, Huang G, Liu L, Song T, Zhai M. Development of an SMR-induced environmental input-output analysis model - Application to Saskatchewan, Canada. Sci Total Environ 2022; 806:150297. [PMID: 34571235 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As an emerging power generation technology, small module reactors (SMRs) have the potential for development with its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In this study, an SMR-induced environmental input-output model (SEIOM) is proposed to simulate the environmental consequences of SMRs development and provide suggested schemes for SMRs deployment. A case study of Saskatchewan, Canada is conducted to demonstrate the proposed model. Specifically, key industries with high reduction potentials are first identified in the study; then, the power supply for three energy-intensive industries is assumed to be replaced by power generated from SMRs at various penetration degrees. The corresponding changes in direct and indirect GHG emissions and the interrelationships among multiple economic sectors associated with GHG flows are analyzed. The results indicate that there are close interdependences between various sectors and a small group of sectors could play a big role in GHG emission mitigation. In Saskatchewan, "Electricity power generation, transmission and distribution", "Oil and gas extraction", "Potash mining" and "Petroleum refineries" are key sectors for realizing GHG emission reduction targets. Meanwhile, it is estimated that replacing the power supply for "Oil and gas extraction" sector with SMRs would contribute the most to the reduction in GHG emission, which is much more than those for "Potash mining" and "Petroleum refineries" sectors. This study is expected to provide a basis for supporting the initiative and application of SMRs.
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- Xiaoyue Zhang
- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada; Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
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- Centre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Sino-Canada Resources and Environmental Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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Sun X, Shi Q. Factors influencing embodied energy trade between the Belt and Road countries: a gravity approach. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:11574-11589. [PMID: 34536227 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16457-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Against the backdrop of current global collaboration on mitigating carbon emissions, how to reduce the energy uses in the Belt and Road Initiative area becomes an urgent and big challenge facing the global community. Using the Eora input-output database, this paper accounts the embodied energy trade between Belt and Road countries in 2015, followed by an investigation of the factors influencing the embodied energy trade through a panel gravity model. Global value chain participation and position are two newly considered factors in analyzing the determinants of embodied energy flow. We find that the main bilateral embodied flow paths are from South Korea to China, China to South Korea, Singapore to China, Ukraine to Russia, and Malaysia to Singapore. Five percent embodied energy flow paths account for 80% of the total bilateral embodied energy flow volume between Belt and Road countries. The gravity model results indicate that gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, population, global value chain participation are the key drivers of bilateral embodied energy trade, while the industrial share of GDP and global value chain position are negatively related to the trade. Energy intensity plays a crucial role in reducing the bilateral embodied energy flow. These results are useful in the policymaking of sustainable development for the Belt and Road Initiative.
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- Xiaoqi Sun
- The Institute for China's Overseas Interests, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, Guangdong, China
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- The Institute for China's Overseas Interests, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, Guangdong, China.
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Wang L, Li Y, Liang S, Xu M, Qu S. Trade-related water scarcity risk under the Belt and Road Initiative. Sci Total Environ 2021; 801:149781. [PMID: 34467898 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Increasing trade cooperation under the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative has promoted economic development and intensified the water scarcity risk transmission between China and countries along the route (B&R countries). Local water scarcity risk (LWSR, the potential direct production losses induced by local water scarcity) can transcend geographical boundaries through global supply chains and influence production activities in downstream economies. To understand the vulnerability of the Initiative to water scarcity, we investigated the impacts of LWSR in China and B&R countries on each other's economies during 2001-2013, using a global environmentally extended multi-regional input-output model. Results reveal that more than 80% of China's trade-related water scarcity risk imports (TWSR imports, the vulnerability to foreign water scarcity risk through imports) originates from B&R countries. The share of TWSR from China in total imports of B&R countries has steadily increased. In particular, India, Thailand, Iran, Pakistan and Kazakhstan have the largest TWSR exports (LWSR in each nation transmitted to other nations through its exports) to China, while South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia have the largest imports from China. Water scarcity to their Agriculture sectors is responsible for TWSR transmission between them. Our study can contribute to the policy-making of governments and firms involved in mitigating the supply chain wide water scarcity risk. It also reveals the need for nations to collectively manage water resources to achieve sustainable development.
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- Liping Wang
- School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041, United States; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, United States
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- School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China; Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China.
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Zang H, Xu Y, Zhai M, Li W, Su S. Development of carbon emission interactive network model: A case study of Northeast Industrial District. J Environ Manage 2021; 300:113618. [PMID: 34649324 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Urban carbon emission is one of the hotspots of global change research. The interactive relationships among the carbon emissions of various sectors within the social-economic system are often overlooked. The goal of this research is to take Northeast Industrial District (NID) including Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces as a special case study to explore the impact of different emission sources on the internal interaction of carbon emission system. To do so, a carbon emission interactive network (CEIN) model is developed to demonstrate the interactions of embodied carbon emissions within the system using factorial analysis and input output analysis. The control situation and mutual interactions between sectors within the system of NID were examined, and the impacts of different emission sources on the internal interaction of carbon emission system were discussed. Moreover, the utility indicators were revised to distinguish the impact of system boundaries on changes in system ecological relationships and evaluate the comprehensive properties of the system. It is found that the indirect emissions of NID were huge. Liaoning Province had the largest total emissions during the study period, with indirect emissions accounting for more than 60% of the total emissions. The pulling weights of the agricultural sector in three provinces of the system were significantly insufficient, with all weights less than 3%. The driving weights of the agricultural, mining and primary manufacture sectors in three provinces were insufficient, while the driving weight of the advanced manufacture sector was excessively strong. The most important transmission department did not have the most important effect on the network mutualism. The definition of system boundary had a huge impact on the accounting of system emissions. The results will provide a scientific basis for guiding the reform of the carbon emission system and achieving regional coordinated development.
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- Hongkuan Zang
- North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China; Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- China State Grid Integrated Energy Planning and D&R Institute, 100032, Beijing, China; State Grid Integrated Energy Group Co.Ltd, Beijing, 100032, China
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Banerjee S, Aamir Khan M, Iftikhar Ul Husnain M. Searching appropriate system boundary for accounting India's emission inventory for the responsibility to reduce carbon emissions. J Environ Manage 2021; 295:112907. [PMID: 34157542 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This paper explores the features of accounting for the national carbon emission inventory under four different system boundaries, including the presently operational territorial production-based accounting (PBA) practised by the UNFCCC. Using a recently published input-output table with the base year for 2013-2014, the study calculates India's 'Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)' to the mitigation of carbon emissions using production-based, consumption-based, sharing-based and equity-based accounting. The study finds India as a net importer of carbon emissions, especially for its high emission-intensive capital and energy goods import such that the country is bearing the minimum burden of emission reduction responsibility. However, the study intends to analyse this burden of responsibility in terms of the criteria of justice and effectiveness and addresses the future policy priorities for India to become a net exporter of industrial goods. We recommend India for supporting and implementing an alternative system boundary of emission inventory accounting which would be more consistent with the provisions of 'equity' subscribed under the UNFCCC while at the same time, helpful for achieving the climate goals by appropriately trace and track the sources of 'carbon leakage'.
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- Suvajit Banerjee
- Department of Economics and Politics, Vidya Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.
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Liu H, Huang F, Deng F, Luo Z, Zhao H, He K. Road freight emission in China: From supply chain perspective. Environ Pollut 2021; 285:117511. [PMID: 34380218 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Freight emissions management has entered the deep-water zone. This study evaluated road freight emissions from supply chain perspective using China's 2007, 2010 and 2012 multiregional input-output table. For the first time, we quantified road freight emission based on sectors in China. Heavy industries, mining, agriculture and light industry contributed 71%,14%, 12% and 3% of total NOx emissions in 2012 from production perspective. Construction was the largest consumption sector (43%) responsible for road freight emission from consumption perspective. Upstream transport and final product transport emitted 3.04 Tg (80%) and 0.77 Tg (20%) NOx in 2012. Huge disparities of road freight emissions flows and allocation patterns were found across provinces in China in terms of resource endowments, geographical position and economic development. The road freight emission increased rapidly from 2007 to 2012, and economic growth effect outpaced emission control effect caused by emission standard upgrade and thus dominated the emission growth. The production structure and consumption pattern changes also promoted the emission growth. It is thus important to mitigate freight emissions with different strategies based on a certain sector's freight emissions features from the whole supply chain.
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- Huan Liu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing, 100084, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Sources and Control of Air Pollution Complex, Beijing, 100084, China
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Li K, Liang S, Liang Y, Feng C, Qi J, Xu L, Yang Z. Mapping spatial supply chain paths for embodied water flows driven by food demand in China. Sci Total Environ 2021; 786:147480. [PMID: 33965816 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Identifying critical spatial supply chain paths for embodied water flows driven by food demand can guide the development of more spatially explicit food-related policies for water savings. Previous studies have quantified water uses caused by food demand, but overlook intermediate transfer paths within and among regions. That is, spatial supply chain paths describing step-by-step transfer stages between water uses and final food demand have not been well characterized. Based on the multi-regional input-output model and structural path analysis, this study exhaustively identifies critical spatial supply chain paths for provincial water withdrawals driven by final food demand in China. Results show that the final demand of food products from critical sectors (e.g., agricultural products processing, rice, and swine) and regions (e.g., Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, and Guangdong) drives large amounts of water withdrawals. Critical supply chain paths indicate that agricultural products processing, food manufacturing, and catering should pay special attention to increasing the use efficiency of rice, poultry, cotton, water, and gas products, which can effectively reduce national water withdrawals. The interregional paths further provide evidence for interregional cooperation to save food-related water resources, such as the transfer of capital and technologies from agricultural products processing in Shandong to cotton production in Xinjiang and rice production in Heilongjiang. These critical supply chain paths provide spatially explicit and targeted hotspots for demand-side policies. They can also serve for the evaluation of measures in each stage of the supply chain paths.
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- Ke Li
- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Water Quality Improvement and Ecological Restoration for Watersheds, Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for City Cluster Environmental Safety and Green Development of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, People's Republic of China; Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, People's Republic of China
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Chen W, Kang JN, Han MS. Global environmental inequality: Evidence from embodied land and virtual water trade. Sci Total Environ 2021; 783:146992. [PMID: 33865121 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The trade-off between economic growth and environmental conservation is the focus of national environmental management. Previous studies have proved that global trade can bring both economic benefits and environmental costs to all countries. However, for different countries, it is not clear whether the environmental costs match their economic benefits in global trade. Also, whether the global trade exacerbates or mitigates the uneven distribution of natural resources among countries need to be further investigated. This study aims to fill these research gaps by providing evidence of global environmental inequality from land and water perspective, thus inspire new thinking on the optimization of global trade patterns. We construct an environmental inequality index based on the world Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) model, and perform a case study for land and water. Results show that most of countries with low per capita land resources are net importers of embodied land, while many countries with extreme water shortages are net exporters of virtual water, such as India, Pakistan, Iran and Egypt, indicating that the global trade encourages the optimal distribution of land resources but exacerbates the uneven distribution of water resources. The environmental cost of developed countries is much lower than that of developing countries compared to their economic gains from global trade, and the inequality of virtual water trade is higher than that of embodied land trade. High-income countries mainly export high value-added products with low environmental costs, while developing countries are just the opposite. We suggest that due to the lack of a unified global natural resource market, resource tax may be an effective means to reduce global environmental inequality and resource mismatch, and policies aimed at reducing environmental inequality can help achieve coordinated management of land and water resources.
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- Weiming Chen
- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Han Y, Duan H, Du X, Jiang L. Chinese household environmental footprint and its response to environmental awareness. Sci Total Environ 2021; 782:146725. [PMID: 33838370 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Sustainable consumption has become an important issue when the world has limited resources and deteriorating environment. Given the context, this study first examines the influence of income disparities on different environmental footprints of Chinese households. We combine the input-output model with Chinese household survey data from the China family panel studies. The results show that, on an average, the carbon dioxide (CO2), pollutants, water and energy footprints of richest families are about 4.5-5.9 times larger than that of poorest households. Furthermore, the richest families even have 9.2-11.5 times larger metal and non-metal footprints. The consumption structure change can act as a driving factor to offset the increase in CO2, pollutants, water and energy footprints brought about by income rise, since it has reduced the household footprints per unit expenditure. However, the consumption structure change may increase the metal and non-metal footprints per unit expenditure simultaneously, making the metal and non-metal footprints increase faster than the other footprints as income increases. Since environment awareness is expected as a factor to further restrain household environment footprints on the demand side, we also examine how one important component of environmental awareness-perceived seriousness of environmental problems-influences household footprints based on the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) model. While emphasizing seriousness of environmental issues can cause a slight decline in the metal and non-metal footprints, it surprisingly increases the CO2, energy, and pollutants footprints; it does not influence the water footprint. In addition, perception of the seriousness of environmental problems impacts the environmental behaviors of wealthy families more than poor families. These findings demonstrate the need to formulate policies to overcome the demand-side challenge of achieving sustainability.
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- Yawen Han
- School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, No. 928, 2nd Street, Gaojiaoyuan District of Xiasha, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- Graduate School, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, No. 28, Donghouxiang Street, Andingmenwai, Beijing 100710, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, No. 928, 2nd Street, Gaojiaoyuan District of Xiasha, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Research Center for Strategy of Global Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100037, China
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Zhang Y, Bai H, Hou H, Zhang Y, Xu H, Ji Y, He G, Zhang Y. Exploring the consumption-based carbon emissions of industrial cities in China: a case study of Tianjin. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:26948-26960. [PMID: 33496950 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12563-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cities are usually the final destination for consumable goods and services produced along supply chains and the most appropriate scale to implement policy. Consumption-based policies could complement current carbon emissions mitigation actions, but such studies at the city level are relatively rare. We used a demand-driven input-output model to explore a historical time series (1987-2012) of consumption-based emissions in Tianjin for the first time, a typical industrial city which has the largest carbon footprint in China. The results reveal the differences between consumption- and production-based emissions, and Tianjin has transformed from a producer city into a typical consumer city since 2000s, mainly due to infrastructure construction. There is more capital investment in industrial infrastructures than in real estate in Tianjin, causing the largest carbon footprint. The trade deficit and different carbon intensity have substantial influences on consumption-based emissions. Finally, population, income, and urbanization could enable a more accurate interpretation of urban carbon footprint growth. Demand-driven policy implications for addressing these emissions in booming industrial cities are discussed and provide a new perspective on carbon emissions mitigation. Our results offer valuable lessons on industrial cities' strategies and initiatives for climate change mitigation worldwide, particularly in developing countries.
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- Yang Zhang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- SRS Consortium for Advanced Study in Dynamic Cooperative Games, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, North Point, Hong Kong
- Decision Sciences and Modelling Program, Victoria University, Footscray, Australia
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Wang Q, Han X. Spillover effects of the United States economic slowdown induced by COVID-19 pandemic on energy, economy, and environment in other countries. Environ Res 2021; 196:110936. [PMID: 33647303 PMCID: PMC8454401 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The United States has become the country hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has not only led to the largest decline in economic output but also caused a sharp decline in carbon emissions and energy consumption in the United States after World War II. This study aims to evaluate how to spillover effects of the US economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the 3E (Energy Economy Environment) in other countries. To this end, the international 3E for 2000 and 2014, and nine indicators based on network analysis to dynamically study the changes in the degree of 3E impact between countries. And then, we analyzed the impact of the epidemic on the 3E of various countries, with focusing on the interaction between the United States and other countries. The results show that the internal carbon emission density and internal energy consumption density of the United States declined during 2010-2014, whereas the internal carbon emission density and internal energy consumption density of developing countries increased. Next, changes in US carbon emissions induced by the epidemic have a more significant impact on Canada, China, Mexico, the European Union, and Russia. Finally, the internal and external carbon emission indexes of most countries have decreased, which indicates that most countries are affected by the carbon reduction and energy consumption caused by the pandemic in the US. This information provides a new perspective for assessing the impact of 3E between countries suffered from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Qiang Wang
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China; Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China; Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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Pomponi F, Stephan A. Water, energy, and carbon dioxide footprints of the construction sector: A case study on developed and developing economies. Water Res 2021; 194:116935. [PMID: 33621747 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Buildings and construction are major driver of anthropogenic environmental effects. While energy use and CO2 emissions of buildings and construction have been quantified, their water footprint remains understudied from an economy-wide perspective. We use environmentally-extended multi-regional input-output analysis to quantify the water, energy and carbon (dioxide) footprints associated with the construction sector of India, Italy, South Africa, and the UK, disaggregating the supply chains driving these environmental effects by using structural path analysis. Comparisons are made in terms of contributions by country, by sector, by stage of the supply chain and in terms of actual supply chain pathways. Results show that Italy and the UK have more disaggregated and international supply chains compared to India and South Africa. Total (i.e. direct + indirect) water footprints of construction sectors vary from 11.8 to 14.8 L/USD for all countries, except India at 78.1 L/USD. There was no notable correlation between water and energy and carbon dioxide footprints in terms of sectoral contributions, even if the latter two are correlated. More developed economies exhibit a higher share of international WF than developing economies. The current focus on energy and carbon dioxide footprints might therefore miss out on significant water impacts caused by construction activities, globally.
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- Francesco Pomponi
- Resource Efficient Built Environment Lab (REBEL), Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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- Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning, Université catholique de Louvain, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Hu M, Chen S, Wang Y, Xia B, Wang S, Huang G. Identifying the key sectors for regional energy, water and carbon footprints from production-, consumption- and network-based perspectives. Sci Total Environ 2021; 764:142821. [PMID: 33121793 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Energy consumption, water use and carbon emission targets are important for promoting sustainable development. This study presents a multi-goal analytical framework based on an environmental input-output analysis, structural path analysis and correspondence analysis to identify the key sectors for energy, water and carbon footprints. Using Guangdong Province as a case study, the energy, water and carbon footprints are modelled from production-based, consumption-based and network (betweenness)-based perspectives. The results show that (1) the construction sector is a key sector for energy use/water use/carbon emissions from the three perspectives. The electricity and heat power production and supply sector emitted the most production-based CO2 (283.4 Mt), accounting for 52.3% of the total CO2 emissions. (2) The key sectors in terms of energy, water and carbon differ. The transport, storage and post sector is an important sector for energy consumption, and the agriculture sector and food and tobacco sector are important sectors for freshwater withdrawal. (3) The key sectors differ according to the three perspectives. For example, the energy production sector ranked first in production-based CO2 emissions (286.2 Mt), but heavy manufacturing ranked first in consumption-based CO2 emissions (146.3 Mt). This study recommends paying more attention to the abovementioned sectors, specifically concerning the transmission role of light manufacturing in freshwater withdrawal, and reducing energy consumption-intensive but low value-added exports (such as metal smelting and pressing). The findings highlight the need to consider multiple angles and elements to identify the key sectors and help decision makers better understand the relationships and flows among the industries.
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- Mengmeng Hu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China
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- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
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Zhang B, Zhang Y, Wu X, Guan C, Qiao H. How the manufacturing economy impacts China's energy-related GHG emissions: Insights from structural path analysis. Sci Total Environ 2020; 743:140769. [PMID: 32663693 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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As "the world's factory", China's energy consumption and GHG emissions can be largely attributed to its manufacturing economy. This paper aims to examine energy-related methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by Chinese economy from a consumption-based perspective, and to explore the energy-climate-manufacturing nexus relationship in its supply chains. Nearly three-quarters of China's energy-related GHG emissions in 2012 were associated with the manufacturing industry directly or indirectly. Among which, over two-fifths of the national CH4 and CO2 emissions were embodied in the final demand of manufacturing products, mainly driven by the exports and capital formation. Meanwhile, manufacturing sectors served as important intemediate transmission nodes of embodied emissions for other industries such as construction and services. More than 80% and 40% of the embodied emissions in the sectors of construction and services were related to the intermediate uses of manufacturing products, respectively. Critical supply chain paths for linking embodied GHG emissions with manufacturing sectors were extracted through the structural path analysis technique. The top 30 common paths were responsible for about one fifth of the total CH4 and CO2 emissions. Three main transmission nodes of embodied energy-related GHG emission flows were identified. While approximately half of the energy-related CH4 emissions occurred at the fourth or higher production layers, the CO2 emissions were distributed evenly across the production layers. Mitigating energy-related GHG emissions associated with manufacturing economy by adjusting critical industrial sectors and final demands provides new insights for understanding the transitions of China's manufacturing industries to a low-carbon economy.
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- Bo Zhang
- School of Management, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- School of Management, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, PR China.
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- Economics School, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, PR China.
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- New York University Shanghai, Shanghai 200122, PR China
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- School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China.
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Zheng B, Huang G, Liu L, Zhai M, Li Y. Two-pathway perspective for heavy metal emission mitigation: A case study of Guangdong Province, China. Sci Total Environ 2020; 735:139583. [PMID: 32485457 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Heavy metal emissions have attracted much worldwide attention for its recalcitrance and persistence. In this study, a two-pathway environmental simulation model is developed to uncover heavy metal emissions as induced by intra-provincial production and extra-provincial investments, filling the gap of mitigating heavy metal emissions from separate pathway. This developed model is applied to Guangdong Province, China targeting on the mitigation of Hg, As, Cd, Cr, and Pb emissions. Additionally, emission reduction simulations are implemented on the basis of key sector identification. The effects of intra-provincial production reduction are more notable than those of extra-provincial investment reduction. In addition, mitigation of Hg and As emissions can be achieved through the reduction in both intra-provincial production and extra-provincial investment. In the contrast, it is not expected that the reduction of extra-provincial investment be duo to the emission mitigation of Cd, Cr and Pb. Moreover, an examination of five optimized scenarios reveals that the most remarkable emission mitigation pathway is the reduction of intra- and extra-provincial activities. This study is an indispensable reference for multi-pathway emission mitigation for heavy metals.
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- Boyue Zheng
- Sino-Canada Resources and Environmental Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada; Centre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- Sino-Canada Resources and Environmental Research Academy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China; The State Key Laboratory of Regional Optimisation of Energy System, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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He C, Huang G, Liu L, Li Y, Zhang X, Xu X. Multi-dimensional diagnosis model for the sustainable development of regions facing water scarcity problem: A case study for Guangdong, China. Sci Total Environ 2020; 734:139394. [PMID: 32485462 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Freshwater consumption and wastewater discharge of economic activities have caused water scarcity problem in many regions. This study aims to develop a multi-dimensional diagnosis model (MDDM) to provide new insights for the sustainable development of regions which face water scarcity problem. In detail, the sectorial blue water, grey water and total water consumptions are assessed to reveal the direct effects of economic activities on water quantity and water quality. Then, hypothetical extraction method is integrated into input-output model and ecological network analysis to quantify the system-based effects of sectors in three dimensions: economy, water and metabolism. A case study of Guangdong province, China is conducted to illustrate the availability of the developed model. We found that the multi-dimensional performances of Guangdong's socioeconomic system are dominated by a few sectors. Wastewater, especially that discharged from the primary industry, is the main reason for the local water scarcity. Specifically, the unique role that every sector plays in the socioeconomic system is quantitatively revealed by MDDM, which could guide the relevant policy development at sectorial level.
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- Chengyu He
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada; Centre for Environment & Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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- Center for Energy, Environment and Ecology Research, UR-BNU, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Zhu B, Su B, Li Y, Ng TS. Embodied energy and intensity in China's (normal and processing) exports and their driving forces, 2005-2015. Energy Econ 2020; 91:104911. [PMID: 32904409 PMCID: PMC7455529 DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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International trade has important impacts on a country's energy consumption. This paper first uses the time-series (2005-2015) extended input-output database to study China's embodied energy and intensity in both normal and processing exports. Structural decomposition analysis (SDA) is then applied to analyze the driving forces behind the embodiment changes. The empirical results show that China's energy embodied in both normal and processing exports first increased in 2005-2008, dropped in 2009 due to the global financial crisis, and then rose again after 2009, and finally dropped in 2014-2015. The embodied energy in trade as a percentage of total energy consumption in China was relatively stable before and after the global financial crisis, at around 28% over the 2005-2008 period, and 22% over the 2009-2015 period. The contribution of the aggregate embodied intensity (AEI) of exports to China's aggregate energy intensity dropped from 30% in 2005 to 21% in 2015. Among China's trading partners, the United States, Japan and Korea together accounted for around half of China's embodied energy and AEI in exports in 2005, but their shares dropped to only one third in 2015. Energy efficiency improvement played the key role in reducing the embodied energy and intensity in China's exports. Similar analysis can be applied to other regions and indicators.
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- Bangzhu Zhu
- Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, China
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- Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Jiang L, Guo S, Wang G, Kan S, Jiang H. Changes in agricultural land requirements for food provision in China 2003-2011: A comparison between urban and rural residents. Sci Total Environ 2020; 725:138293. [PMID: 32302830 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Rapid income growth and urbanization have led to significant changes in food consumption patterns in China. The impact of dietary changes is likely to increase agricultural land demand for food provision. This study investigates the changes in three types of agricultural land requirements for urban and rural residents in China using embodied land use intensities. Our results indicate that total per capita cultivated land requirement of rural residents decreased by 24.3%, from 1984 to 1501 m2 during the study period, while total per capita cultivated land requirement for urban residents decreased by 25.1%, from 2736 to 2049 m2. Total per capita pasture land requirement of rural residents increased by 13.6%, from 543 to 617 m2, while total per capita pasture land requirement of urban residents decreased by 31.4%, from 2991 to 2053 m2. Total per capita forest land requirement of rural residents increased by 31.0%, from 45 to 59 m2, while total per capita forest land requirement of urban residents decreased by 8.4%, from 164 to 150 m2. Our study provides clear implications about the linkages between dietary change and agricultural land demand. Our results imply that without sufficient improvement in production efficiency, pressures posed by dietary change on land resources related to the provision of food will remain high in the future.
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- Li Jiang
- School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
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- School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
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- School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.
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- Laboratory of Systems Ecology and Sustainability Science, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- Rural Revitalization Strategy Research Center, Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China.
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Huang Q, Chen G, Wang Y, Xu L, Chen WQ. Identifying the socioeconomic drivers of solid waste recycling in China for the period 2005-2017. Sci Total Environ 2020; 725:138137. [PMID: 32464739 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Solid waste recycling is crucial for easing China's resource constraints and for promoting the country's sustainable economic development. Previous studies regarding solid waste recycling have mainly assessed its economic value, the status quo, problems and challenges, however, little is known at this stage about its driving factors. The purpose of the current study is to identify the socioeconomic drivers of solid waste recycling, investigating it's evolution in China from 2005 to 2017. The study employs a systematic technique of input-output (IO) analysis and IO-based structural decomposition analysis (IO-SDA). Results reveal that China experienced an increase in the recycling of five types of solid waste, these include waste steel, waste nonferrous metals, waste plastics, waste paper and waste rubber for the period 2005-2017. The increase in solid waste recycling was driven mainly by fixed capital formation and exports, while urban household consumption was found to be a dominant driver due to China's increasing urban population. In order to better track and identify the recycling of solid waste, there is an urgent need to promote the classification of household solid waste at the national level. An increase of solid waste recycling was driven mainly by the growth of recycling intensity, population increase and changes in the structure of GDP, which was partly offset by per capita GDP changes. It is recommended that policy-makers increase the amount of investment in solid waste recycling capacity in rural areas so as to enhance recycling intensity contributing to the overall recycling effort.
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- Qiao Huang
- School of Statistics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Sustainability Assessment Program (SAP), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Institute of National Accounts, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China; Xiamen Key Lab of Urban Metabolism, Xiamen 361021, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Uses input-output approach to estimate clean energy jobs from investments. Method for estimating the number and types of jobs from energy-efficiency investments. Estimates jobs from efficiency investments in homes, businesses, and industry. Creates “bills of goods” to examine the job impacts of investments in energy efficiency.
We develop a methodology for estimating the number and types of jobs that would result from investments in energy efficiency in homes, businesses, and industry. The methodology involves the development of input-output (I-O) bills of goods that characterize how energy-efficiency funds would be spent across sectors of the economy. The methodology builds on and adds greater articulation to the research conducted in prior studies of U.S. energy-efficiency policies.The first two steps involve estimating the magnitude of investments in energy-efficient technologies and systems required to produce a unit of energy consumption reduction, and then identifying how these investments are expensed across the broad investment categories, which creates the preliminary “bills of goods” for investments in energy efficiency in homes, businesses, and industry. The third step involves soliciting feedback on the preliminary bills of goods from experts in delivering and evaluating energy-efficiency programs, and then making necessary modifications. In the final step we apply the input-output coefficients representing the bills of goods to estimate the direct, indirect and induced employment per million dollars of investment in energy efficiency.
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Santos J. Using input-output analysis to model the impact of pandemic mitigation and suppression measures on the workforce. Sustain Prod Consum 2020; 23:249-255. [PMID: 33521216 PMCID: PMC7832249 DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2020.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The "flatten the curve" graphic has recently become a common tool to visualize the extent to which pandemic suppression and mitigation measures could potentially reduce and delay the number of daily infections due to a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the capacity of the many healthcare systems and created cascading economic impacts on interdependent sectors of the global society. This paper specifically explores the impact of pandemics on the workforce. The model proposed in this paper comprises of three major steps. First, sources for epidemic curves are identified to generate the attack rate, which is the daily number of infections normalized with respect to the population of the affected region. Second, the model assumes that the general attack rate can be specialized to reflect sector-specific workforce classifications, noting that each economic sector has varying dependence on the workforce. Third, using economic input-output (IO) data from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, this paper analyzes the performance of several mitigation and suppression measures relative to a baseline pandemic scenario. Results from the IO simulations demonstrate the extent to which mitigation and suppression measures can flatten the curve. This paper concludes with reflections on other consequences of pandemics such as the mental health impacts associated with social isolation and the disproportionate effects on different socioeconomic groups.
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- Joost Santos
- Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University, 800 22nd St NW, Washington, DC, 20052, United States
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Chen Q, Su M, Meng F, Liu Y, Cai Y, Zhou Y, Yang Z. Analysis of urban carbon metabolism characteristics based on provincial input-output tables. J Environ Manage 2020; 265:110561. [PMID: 32421561 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To identify the key contributors of urban carbon emissions as well as the acting paths, it is necessary to analyze the carbon flows from a systematic perspective. Thus, the concept of urban carbon metabolism was introduced in this paper and correspondingly input-output analysis (IOA) and ecological network analysis (ENA) were combined to conduct the carbon metabolism analysis. Concretely speaking, the urban IO table was compiled based on the provincial one and then the direct and embodied urban carbon flows were accounted. Subsequently, the carbon metabolic network model was established, through which the characteristics of the metabolic network were further analyzed to better reveal the contributors and influencing factors of carbon emissions. Dongguan, a city famous as the "factory of the world", was chosen as the case. The results indicate that the total direct and embodied carbon flows were mainly concentrated in manufacture. Manufacture was found to be major factors affecting other compartments through indirect interplay. A trophic hierarchical structure was found, where compartments can be classified into primary producers, secondary producers, primary consumers and secondary consumers according to their metabolic characteristics in use of energy. Electricity, gas & water were defined as secondary producer, and its self-induced carbon flows accounted for more than 95% of the carbon flow conversion within this compartment. By further comparing the metabolic characteristics in Dongguan with that of Guangdong Province and other cities, measures were suggested to heighten energy utilization efficiency and promote positive interactions among compartments to promote the carbon emission reduction in Dongguan.
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- Qionghong Chen
- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China; Institute of Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China.
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- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China
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- Research Center for Eco-environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China; School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Institute of Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Institute of Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Institute of Environmental & Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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Gao Z, Geng Y, Wu R, Zhang X, Pan H, Jiang H. China's CO 2 emissions embodied in fixed capital formation and its spatial distribution. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:19970-19990. [PMID: 32232750 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08491-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study aims to measure China's CO2 emissions embodied in fixed capital formation (FCF) from 2007 to 2017 by using both a multi-regional input-output (MRIO) model and a single-region input-output model (SRIO). Then decoupling analysis was performed for uncovering the relationship between embodied CO2 emissions and added values at provincial level. Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) method was further conducted to identify driving factors underlying the growth of embodied CO2 emissions. Results show that CO2 emission from FCF doubled from 2436 million tons (Mt) in 2007 to 4820 Mt in 2012, and increased slightly to 5089 Mt in 2017. Electric power, gas, and water production and supply sector (EGW) and manufacturing industry (MFI) sector were two dominant emitters from supply-side perspective, while construction (CON) was the largest demanding sector driving the embodied emissions from upstream sectors. From geographical point of view, northern provinces were the major inter-regional net exporters of embodied CO2 emissions, while eastern and southern provinces were net importers of embodied CO2 emissions. Based on such results, policy recommendations are proposed considering the relation between supply and demand sector, inter-provincial CO2 emission transfer, and local economic development to mitigate CO2 emissions from China's FCF.
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- Ziyan Gao
- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
- China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 1954 Huashan Road, Xuhui, Shanghai, 200030, China.
- Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201306, China
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Wang X, Wang Z, Cui C, Wei L. Forward and backward critical sectors for CO 2 emissions in China based on eigenvector approaches. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:16110-16120. [PMID: 32103431 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08154-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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China had taken measures to reduce the emissions of CO2 these years as a staunch supporter of the Paris Agreement. However, it is not such an easy task for the authority to decide which sectors should take responsibility on the process of CO2 emissions reduction in the context of highly connected supply chains. Based on the sectoral CO2 emissions and input-output table of China, this study provided both forward and backward perspectives based on eigenvector approaches to identify the critical sectors that are critical for the CO2 emissions in value chains, including a backward method called power-of-pull method that identifies the pulling effect of demand side and a forward method called power-of-push method that identifies the pushing power of supply side. The results showed that the electricity and hot water production and supply was the most influential pulling sector in the studying period, followed by the metal mining in the backward direction. In the forward direction, the electricity and hot water production and supply was also the top 1 important sector while coal mining ranked the second. The results suggest that electricity and hot water production and supply played a vital role in the CO2 emission in the system. During the studied period from 2007 to 2015, the power of nonmetal mining to pull CO2 emissions showed a notable increase. Our proposed approach could be helpful for policy-making because of its user-friendliness comparing with other method as well as providing a new perspective.
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- Xiao Wang
- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, China.
- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China.
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, China
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- School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430079, Hubei, China.
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Jia N, Gao X, An H, Sun X, Jiang M, Liu X, Liu D. Identifying key sectors based on cascading effect along paths in the embodied CO 2 emission flow network in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:17138-17151. [PMID: 32146674 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08217-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a serious environmental issue, especially in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Unlike previous studies that mainly consider the bilateral and direct connection between two sectors, this study identifies path-based key sectors by considering the cascading effect of a sector on other sectors on paths of the entire economic system. We first construct an embodied CO2 emission flow network of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, combining environmental input-output analysis and complex network theory. Then, the path-based key sectors are identified by traversing the path of each sector in the network based on cascading failure theory and hypothesis extraction method. On the one hand, the results show that a small number of sectors shoulder a large proportion of the embodied CO2 emission flows from both path and sector perspectives. On the other hand, we identify some path-based key sectors that did not receive enough attention from the sector perspective. Additionally, the sum of the embodied CO2 emission flows in about 30 steps accounts for 90% of the total embodied CO2 emission flows on its supply chain path. To more effectively reduce carbon emission, sectors that connect these 30 steps should be concerned in some policy recommendations. The method proposed in this paper can complement existing methods and contribute to further reducing CO2 emissions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
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- Nanfei Jia
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China.
- Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100083, China
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- The Institute for China´s Overseas Interests, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518060, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Economics, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai, Shandong, 264005, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China
- Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100083, China
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