Shan, Y;
Zheng, H;
Guan, D;
Li, C;
Mi, Z;
Meng, J;
Schroeder, H;
... Ma, Z; + view all
(2017)
Energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Tibet and its cities in 2014.
Earth's Future
, 5
(8)
pp. 854-864.
10.1002/2017EF000571.
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Abstract
Because of its low level of energy consumption and the small scale of its industrial development, the Tibet Autonomous Region has historically been excluded from China's reported energy statistics, including those regarding CO 2 emissions. In this paper, we estimate Tibet's energy consumption using limited online documents, and we calculate the 2014 energy-related and process-related CO 2 emissions of Tibet and its seven prefecture-level administrative divisions for the first time. Our results show that 5.52 million tons of CO 2 were emitted in Tibet in 2014; 33% of these emissions are associated with cement production. Tibet's emissions per capita amounted to 1.74 tons in 2014, which is substantially lower than the national average, although Tibet's emission intensity is relatively high at 0.60 tons per thousand yuan in 2014. Among Tibet's seven prefecture-level administrative divisions, Lhasa City and Shannan Region are the two largest CO 2 contributors and have the highest per capita emissions and emission intensities. The Nagqu and Nyingchi regions emit little CO 2 due to their farming/pasturing-dominated economies. This quantitative measure of Tibet's regional CO 2 emissions provides solid data support for Tibet's actions on climate change and emission reductions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Tibet and its cities in 2014 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/2017EF000571 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017EF000571 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10024274 |
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