The socioeconomic drivers of China’s primary PM2.5 emissions

Guan, Dabo, Su, Xin, Zhang, Qiang, Peters, Glen P., Liu, Zhu, Lei, Yu and He, Kebin (2014) The socioeconomic drivers of China’s primary PM2.5 emissions. Environmental Research Letters, 9 (2). ISSN 1748-9326

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Abstract

Primary PM2.5emissions contributed significantly to poor air quality in China. We present an interdisciplinary study to measure the magnitudes of socioeconomic factors in driving primary PM2.5 emission changes in China between 1997-2010, by using a regional emission inventory as input into an environmentally extended input-output framework and applying structural decomposition analysis. Our results show that China's significant efficiency gains fully offset emissions growth triggered by economic growth and other drivers. Capital formation is the largest final demand category in contributing annual PM2.5 emissions, but the associated emission level is steadily declining. Exports is the only final demand category that drives emission growth between 1997-2010. The production of exports led to emissions of 638 thousand tonnes of PM2.5, half of the EU27 annual total, and six times that of Germany. Embodied emissions in Chinese exports are largely driven by consumption in OECD countries. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	capital investment,china,emission drivers,export,inputoutput analysis,pollution,structural decomposition analysis,environmental science(all),renewable energy, sustainability and the environment,public health, environmental and occupational health,sdg 3 - good health and well-being,sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2015 22:47
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 00:58
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/53702
DOI:	10.1088/1748-9326/9/2/024010

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