Carbon emissions of cities from a consumption-based perspective

Mi, Zhifu, Zheng, Jiali, Meng, Jing, Zheng, Heran, Li, Xian, Coffman, D'Maris, Woltjer, Johan, Wang, Shouyang and Guan, Dabo (2019) Carbon emissions of cities from a consumption-based perspective. Applied Energy, 235. pp. 509-518. ISSN 0306-2619

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Abstract

Carbon emission inventories are the foundations of climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities. In this study, we estimated production-based CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes in eleven cities in Hebei Province of China in 2012 and used input-output theory to measure their consumption-based CO2 emissions. By comprehensively comparing production- and consumption-based emissions, we found that six developed cities were consumers with import-depended trade patterns, while the five other cities were producers, mostly medium in size, with the potential to transform into consumer cities with socioeconomic development. Emissions embodied in imports accounted for more than half of the consumption-based emissions in most cities, which shows the significance of interregional cooperation in tackling climate change. International cooperation is also important at the city level, as international imports also impact consumption-based emissions. From the perspective of final use, emissions caused by fixed capital formation predominated in most cities and were determined by their economic development models.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	consumption-based accounting,production-based accounting,embodied co2 emissions,city,input-output model,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2019 14:30
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2023 02:28
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69663
DOI:	10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.137

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