Mi, Z;
Zheng, J;
Meng, J;
Zheng, H;
Li, X;
Coffman, DD;
Woltjer, J;
... Guan, D; + view all
(2019)
Carbon emissions of cities from a consumption-based perspective.
Applied Energy
, 235
pp. 509-518.
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.137.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Carbon emissions of cities from a consumption-based perspective |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.137 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.10.137 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Consumption-based accounting, Production-based accounting, Embodied CO2 emissions City, Input-output model |
| 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/10061520 |
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