eprintid: 10061741
rev_number: 23
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2018-11-20 14:49:24
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type: article
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creators_name: Meng, J
creators_name: Zhang, Z
creators_name: Mi, Z
creators_name: Anadon, LD
creators_name: Zheng, H
creators_name: Zhang, B
creators_name: Shan, Y
creators_name: Guan, D
title: The role of intermediate trade in the change of carbon flows within China
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
keywords: Structural decomposition analysis, multiregional input-output analysis, CO2, Trade, intermediate products
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abstract: In recent years, evaluating the emissions embodied in trade (EEIT) has become an important area of policy and research. Multiregional input-output (MRIO) analysis, which links producers and final consumers, is a widely-used method for quantifying the EEIT. However, the role of intermediate trade in driving changes in the EEIT is still not fully incorporated in MRIO analysis and as a result poorly understood. Here, we present a framework that separately identifies the drivers of the emissions embodied in the trade of final and intermediate products. We implement this framework in a case study in which we analyse the changes in CO2 emissions embodied in interprovincial trade in China from 2007 to 2012. We find that the largest changes are a rising final demand, which is associated with increased emissions that are to some extent offset by decreasing emissions intensity and changing interregional dependency. The rising imports and the growth in final demand in less developed regions in the north and central (e.g., Hebei and Henan) led to reductions in the CO2 emissions outsourced by central coastal regions. The framework enriches our understanding of the role played by intermediate trade in the relocation of emissions.
date: 2018-10
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.10.009
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1601149
doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2018.10.009
lyricists_name: Guan, Dabo
lyricists_name: Meng, Jing
lyricists_name: Mi, Zhifu
lyricists_id: DGUAN87
lyricists_id: JMENG17
lyricists_id: ZMIXX58
actors_name: Mi, Zhifu
actors_id: ZMIXX58
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Energy Economics
volume: 76
pagerange: 303-312
issn: 0140-9883
citation:        Meng, J;    Zhang, Z;    Mi, Z;    Anadon, LD;    Zheng, H;    Zhang, B;    Shan, Y;           Meng, J;  Zhang, Z;  Mi, Z;  Anadon, LD;  Zheng, H;  Zhang, B;  Shan, Y;  Guan, D;   - view fewer <#>    (2018)    The role of intermediate trade in the change of carbon flows within China.                   Energy Economics , 76    pp. 303-312.    10.1016/j.eneco.2018.10.009 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2018.10.009>.       Green open access   
 
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