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An Empirical Study of Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption in China

Received: 30 May 2023     Accepted: 30 May 2023     Published: 5 June 2023
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Abstract

This paper obtains the data of China's total energy consumption and consumption structure from 1990 to 2021 from the Statistical Yearbook of China 2022. And use it to calculate the total coal consumption, oil consumption, natural gas consumption and primary electricity and other energy consumption in the same period; The carbon emission coefficients of coal, oil and gas from various institutions in Dr Danyang's thesis (2020) were used to calculate the total carbon emissions for the same period. Using these data and using unit root test, co-integration analysis, step-up regression method and generalized difference method, this paper empirically studies the relationship between total carbon emission and total coal consumption, total oil consumption, total natural gas consumption, total primary power consumption and other energy consumption in China. The results show that the total consumption of primary power and other energy has no significant effect on China's total carbon emissions. Coal consumption, oil consumption and natural gas consumption have a significant impact on China's total carbon emissions. In addition, when the total consumption of coal, oil and natural gas increases by 1%, on average, China's total carbon emissions increase by 0.82%, 0.16% and 0.03%, respectively. Policy recommendations are put forward accordingly.

Published in Social Sciences (Volume 12, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ss.20231203.13
Page(s) 88-93
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Keywords

China's Carbon Emissions, Energy Consumption, Cointegration Analysis, Stepwise Regression Method, Generalized Difference Method

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