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Energy & Fuels
Beibei Cheng, Peng Wang, Songyan Ren
Summary: In this study, a two-region CGE model of China was built to analyze the long-term effects of CO2 prices in industrial sectors and evaluate the risks of leakage and competitiveness distortions between different regions. The results show that certain sectors, such as chemical and machinery, have a competitive advantage in Guangdong, while sectors like agriculture and construction are competitive in the rest of China. Both regions need to unify carbon pricing policies to effectively coordinate carbon intensity reduction targets and industrial development. The implementation of carbon tax policies may result in a GDP loss of 2.6% and 3.2% compared to the business-as-usual scenario.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Dwi Pangestu Ramadhani, Yoonmo Koo
Summary: This study examines the impact of carbon border tax adjustment policy on developing countries, evaluates the substitutability between domestic and inter-regional carbon control policies, and reveals through the case study of Indonesia that border tax adjustment brings negative trade and economic implications to affected countries with only a small reduction in global carbon emissions.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yuanyuan Sun, Jun Zhang, Xianqiang Mao, Xinan Yin, Gengyuan Liu, Yanwei Zhao, Wei Yang
Summary: This study examined the impacts of energy and carbon taxes on the energy-water nexus. It found that both taxes have significant effects on the proportion of water and energy consumption in direct-use and embodied-use nexus, but similar effects on the hybrid-use nexus.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ziwei Yan, Chunying Cui
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between the West to East Natural Gas Pipeline Project and carbon emissions using the causal inference framework. The results show a significant decline in carbon emissions in Guangdong province due to the project, with short and long-term emission inhibition effects. The reduction in carbon emissions is achieved through a trade-off effect and a price comparison effect.
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Environmental Sciences
Haitao Xu, Xiongfeng Pan, Jinming Li, Shenghan Feng, Shucen Guo
Summary: The effectiveness of different environmental regulation policies, specifically carbon tax and carbon emission trading, in China and two economic regions were explored using a multi-regional environmental dynamic computable general equilibrium model. Results indicate that carbon emission trading is more effective for economic development due to lower economic costs, while carbon tax is more effective for emission reductions. Furthermore, the environmental regulation has a more significant impact on the energy industry, heavy industry, and transport service industry.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Djoni Hartono, Witri Indriyani, Beta Septi Iryani, Ahmad Komarulzaman, Anda Nugroho, Robi Kurniawan
Summary: This study examines the impact of implementing carbon tax and recycling scenarios on the Indonesian economy. The results show that combining carbon tax revenue with household transfer and investment leads to better GDP and employment rates in the medium and long terms compared to household transfer only. Additionally, carbon tax revenue recycling on household transfer and renewable energy investment contributes to energy intensity reductions. The study recommends implementing the tax by prioritizing specific sectors, setting appropriate tax levels, applying a transitional policy, and diversifying the investment strategy to align with the sustainable development pathway.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Aixiang Tao
Summary: This paper analyzes the relationship between carbon emission and economic development in Guangdong Province using decoupling theory. The results indicate that the economic development and carbon emissions in Guangdong Province are in a weak decoupling state. This is mainly attributed to factors such as industrial structure, education investment, science and technology investment, and environmental protection investment. To achieve coordinated development of carbon emission reduction and the economy, emphasis should be placed on optimizing industrial structure, improving education quality, enhancing technological levels, and increasing environmental protection investment.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hong-Dian Jiang, Li-Jing Liu, Hong-Mei Deng
Summary: This study examines the impact of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen taxes on environmental emissions and socioeconomic factors in China. The results indicate that levying sulfur/nitrogen taxes can help achieve emission reduction targets and save socioeconomic costs.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jingtao Li, Qiang Du, Cheng Lu, Youdan Huang, Xiaoyan Wang
Summary: China's vision of achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality has placed higher demands on low-carbon development in the transportation industry. Finding appropriate mitigation strategies for low-carbon transportation has become a crucial part of low-carbon economic development. This study uses a CGE model to analyze the impact of carbon tax implementation on the transportation industry. It explores different carbon tax-recycling scenarios and evaluates the potential double dividend effects of carbon tax policy. Additionally, it investigates the combination of improved energy efficiency and a carbon tax as suitable mitigation strategies. The study finds that while carbon tax leads to reduced carbon emissions, it also decreases sectoral outputs. However, carbon tax recycling can alleviate the negative impact on sectoral outputs, thus achieving both reduced carbon emissions and economic sustainability. Improved energy efficiency may result in an energy rebound effect that reduces the effectiveness of carbon emissions reduction. Yet, the implementation of a carbon tax can promote consumer awareness of emission reduction and reduce the energy rebound effect in the transportation industry. Hence, timely formulation of carbon tax policies alongside improvements in energy efficiency can better promote sustainable development in various transportation sectors.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Economics
Jing Cao, Hancheng Dai, Shantong Li, Chaoyi Guo, Mun Ho, Wenjia Cai, Jianwu He, Hai Huang, Jifeng Li, Yu Liu, Haoqi Qian, Can Wang, Libo Wu, Xiliang Zhang
Summary: We conducted a multi-model comparison of a carbon tax policy in China, finding that while the 2030 NDC target can easily be met in all models, the 2060 carbon neutrality goal cannot be achieved even with the highest carbon tax rates. The 8 CGE models differed substantially in terms of impacts on the macroeconomy, aggregate prices, energy use, carbon reductions, industry level output, and price effects.
Article
Environmental Studies
Yukun Ma, Shaojian Wang, Chunshan Zhou
Summary: This study measured the levels of the digital economy in 21 cities in Guangdong Province from 2011 to 2019 and analyzed their spatiotemporal changes. It also examined the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the impact of the digital economy on urban carbon emissions. The results show significant variations in the impact of the development of the digital economy on carbon emissions.
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Environmental Sciences
Yongqiang Zhang, Lingli Qi, Xinyue Lin, Haoran Pan, Basil Sharp
Summary: This study examines the impact of different carbon emission reduction policies on achieving carbon emissions peak by using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. The results show that a hybrid system of carbon tax and carbon ETS can help achieve the peak at a lower economic cost and promote optimization of energy consumption structures.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bingyi Zhou, Yongping Li, Yakui Ding, Guohe Huang, Zhenyao Shen
Summary: Economic development, population growth, industrialization, and urbanization have led to significant increases in anthropogenic carbon emissions, resulting in various negative impacts on climate change and eco-environmental systems. This study introduces the IO-BNN method, a Bayesian neural network based on input-output analysis, to simulate carbon emissions of different economic sectors and generate emission reduction strategies. The method is applied to Guangdong province, revealing the key sectors and factors influencing carbon emissions and economic development, as well as the potential for reduction. The findings suggest that under different environmental policies, Guangdong's carbon emissions will peak between 2025-2035 and then steadily decline until 2050, with the optimal scenario achieving the peak in 2025 through industrial structural adjustments and reduced primary energy consumption.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Yu Lin
Summary: Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality will be important policies to constrain China's economic and social development in the future. This paper constructs a CGE model of carbon emissions based on the theory of computable general equilibrium to simulate the impact of different scenarios of carbon emissions reduction on economic and social development. The main contribution is to subdivide the energy sector according to primary and secondary energy and quantitatively simulate the impact of carbon emissions reduction policies on China's economy and society, providing policy suggestions based on the findings.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Shuyang Chen
Summary: The study found that urbanisation has a positive impact on China's economy but a negative impact on carbon emissions. Urbanisation will reinforce the policy effects of the carbon tax on emissions and welfare.