『Abstract
Based on the input-output model and the comparable price input-output
tables, the current paper investigates the indirect carbon emissions
from residential consumption in China in 1992-2005, and examines
the impacts on the emissions using the structural decomposition
method. The results demonstrate that the rise of the residential
consumption level played a dominant role in the growth of residential
indirect emissions. The persistent decline of the carbon emission
intensity of industrial sectors presented a significant negative
effect on the emissions. The change in the intermediate demand
of industrial sectors resulted in an overall positive effect,
except in the initial years. The increase in population prompted
the indirect emissions to a certain extent; however, population
size is no longer the main reason for the growth of the emissions.
The change in the consumption structure showed a weak positive
effect, demonstrating the importance for China to control and
slow down the increase in the emissions while in the process of
optimizing the residential consumption structure. The results
imply that the means for restructuring the economy and improving
efficiency, rather than for lowering the consumption scale, should
be adopted by China to achieve the targets of energy conservation
and emission reduction.
Keywords: Residential consumption; Indirect carbon emission; Input-output
analysis』
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
2.1. Calculation of indirect carbon emissions from residential
consumption
2.2. Decomposition on indirect carbon emissions from residential
consumption
3. Data, results, and analysis
3.1. Data resources and results
3.2. Decomposed results
3.3. The consumption level effect
3.4. The emission intensity effect
3.5. The intermediate demand effect
3.6. The population size effect
4. Uncertainty discussion
5. Conclusion and policy implications
Acknowledgments
References