GHGs and air pollutants embodied in China's international trade: Temporal and spatial index decomposition analysis.

ABSTRACT: Temporal index decomposition analysis and spatial index decomposition analysis were applied to understand the driving forces of the emissions embodied in China's exports and net exports during 2002-2011, respectively. The accumulated emissions embodied in exports accounted for approximately 30% of the total emissions in China; although the contribution of the sectoral total emissions intensity (technique effect) declined, the scale effect was largely responsible for the mounting emissions associated with export, and the composition effect played a largely insignificant role. Calculations of the emissions embodied in net exports suggest that China is generally in an environmentally inferior position compared with its major trade partners. The differences in the economy-wide emission intensi

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5404823 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature