Decomposition for influence factors of carbon emissions in the region of beijing, tianjin and hebei—

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Frontier of Environmental Science June 2014, Volume 3, Issue 2, PP.75-83

Decomposition for Influence Factors of Carbon Emissions in the Region of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei ——Based on the Perspective of Terminal Energy Xiaohong Yu#, Mengsi Zhang Management and Economics Institute/Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China #

Email: yuxiaohong@bit.edu.cn

Abstract In order to analyze the influence factors of carbon emissions in the region of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and explore the path to develop low-carbon economy, this paper starts with the terminal energy consumption of three industries and residential consumption, and constructs an identical equation, which is composed of the population size, level of economic development, energy intensity, the proportion of energy consumption, energy structure and the coefficient of carbon emission. Based on the data of terminal energy consumption during 2000-2012, various factors are analyzed and their contribution is measured by LMDI (Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index). The result shows that, the scale of population and economy make positive driving effect, energy intensity, energy structure and carbon intensity make negative driving effect, and the proportion of energy consumption makes negative driving effect before 2006, and then changes into positive driving effect. Some suggestions of low-carbon economy are listed: to control the population size and improve the quality of economic development, to support the research of new energy technology, to accelerate regional integration and optimize the industrial structure, to enhance environmental protection and spread the concept of low-carbon. Keywords: Carbon Emission; LMDI; the Region of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei; Low-carbon Economy

1 INTRODUCTION In 2009, on the 15th Meeting of the Parties of “the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change”—the conference held at Copenhagen, China has made a promise that, comparing to 2005, carbon emissions of per unit GDP would be reduced by 40%-45% in 2020. The economic circle of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei is the important growth pole of Chinese economy. There are many problems that having a dense population, rapid economic growth, higher development level of heavy chemical industry. To achieve this reduction target, this region should be focused on. On February 26, 2014, Chinese President (Xi 2014) hosted a forum in Beijing. He listened to the thematic work reports about the joint development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. He emphasized the significance of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and made seven requirements, wishing to explore an effective path of ecological civilization to promote population, economy, resources and environment in harmony. Therefore, how to obtain the maximum economic output in the entire region of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, while reducing carbon dioxide emissions (hereinafter referred to as carbon emissions) as much as possible, must be paid attention by scholars.

2 LITERATURE REVIEW At present, Kaya identity is the basic formula in the study of carbon emissions. This identity was first proposed by Yoichi Kaya on a seminar of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Based on the idea of identity, 

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