Ou, J;
Meng, J;
Zheng, H;
Mi, Z;
Shan, Y;
Guan, D;
(2019)
Frequent interactions of Tibet's CO₂ emissions with those of other regions in China.
Earth's Future
, 7
(4)
pp. 491-502.
10.1029/2018EF001059.
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Abstract
Tibet is usually missing from China's emission accounts, especially from those of consumption‐based emissions. In this study, we developed a multiregional input‐output table for 31 provinces in China and examined the production‐ and consumption‐based characteristics of Tibet's CO_{2} emissions in 2012. Results show that the consumption‐based CO_{2} emissions in Tibet (18.8 Mt, similar to Guinea's emissions in 2015) were three times as high as the production‐based estimate (6.2 Mt). Tibet displays unique emission patterns with the highest ratio of consumption‐ to production‐based emissions in China, which are more similar with the east developed provinces rather than its counterparts in west China. More than half of Tibet's consumption‐based emissions are supported by Qinghai, Hebei, Sichuan, and others, enabled by the Qinghai‐Tibet railway that connected Tibet to China's national railway system. High carbon footprint but low life expectancy is found in Tibet, suggesting the emerging need of a more sustainable consumption pathway under the intensifying interregional connections by Belt and Road Initiative.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Frequent interactions of Tibet's CO₂ emissions with those of other regions in China |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2018EF001059 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF001059 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2019 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| 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/10074955 |
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