Back to Search
Start Over
The Impact of Technological Progress in the Energy Sector on Carbon Emissions: An Empirical Analysis from China
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 12, p 1505 (2017), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 14; Issue 12; Pages: 1505
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2017.
-
Abstract
- This paper investigates the relationship between technological progress in the energy sector and carbon emissions based on the Environment Kuznets Curve (EKC) and data from China during the period of 1995–2012. Our study confirms that the situation in China conforms to the EKC hypothesis and presents the inverted U-curve relationship between per capita income and carbon emissions. Furthermore, the inflection point will be reached in at least five years. Then, we use research and development (R & D) investment in the energy industry as the quantitative indicator of its technological progress to test its impact on carbon emissions. Our results show that technological progress in the energy sector contributes to a reduction in carbon emissions with hysteresis. Furthermore, our results show that energy efficiency improvements are also helpful in reducing carbon emissions. However, climate policy and change in industrial structure increase carbon emissions to some extent. Our conclusion demonstrates that currently, China is not achieving economic growth and pollution reduction simultaneously. To further achieve the goal of carbon reduction, the government should increase investment in the energy industry research and improve energy efficiency.
- Subjects :
- China
Energy-Generating Resources
Technology
Natural resource economics
020209 energy
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Climate Change
chemistry.chemical_element
lcsh:Medicine
Environmental pollution
Public Policy
02 engineering and technology
Article
technological progress
Kuznets curve
R & D
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Industry
Investments
energy efficiency
Technological change
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Per capita income
Carbon Dioxide
Investment (macroeconomics)
carbon dioxide emissions
climate change
Carbon
R &
chemistry
Greenhouse gas
Environmental science
Economic Development
Environmental Pollution
Efficient energy use
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4fdb2d5794a1a017347fec598dd0cc11