The global emission mitigation potential of avoiding waste and product lifespan extension by Chinese households.

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the emission mitigation potential of Chinese households' low-carbon behavior by 2030 through a global carbon footprint scenario analysis. The emission reduction effect is estimated by comparing the projected global emissions in 2030 in a lifestyle emulation scenario and a low-carbon scenario, in which Chinese households adopt low-carbon consumption behaviors. Lifestyle emulation is modeled based on what we call "world Engel curves", which describe how the expenditure share of a certain consumption good depends on the total per capita expenditures for household consumption (which depends on income). By including a dynamic link between household lifestyle changes and GDP, we then obtain the emission projections under different scenarios in 2030, based on the historical da

SUBMITTER: Yan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10843998 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature