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Forecasting China’s Carbon Intensity -- Is China on Track to Comply with Its Copenhagen Commitment?

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Abstract:
In the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, China agreed to slash its carbon intensity (carbon dioxide emissions/GDP) by 40% to 45% from the 2005 level by 2020. We assess whether China can achieve the target under the business-as-usual scenario by forecasting its emissions from energy consumption. Our preferred model shows that China's carbon intensity is projected to decline by only 33%. The results imply that China needs additional mitigation effort to comply with the Copenhagen commitment. The emission growth is more than triple the emission reductions that the European Union and the United States have committed to in the same period.

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Energy Specializations: Energy and the Environment – Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases; Energy and the Environment – Policy and Regulation

JEL Codes: Q54: Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming, Q41: Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices, C53: Forecasting Models; Simulation Methods, Q43: Energy and the Macroeconomy, C51: Model Construction and Estimation

Keywords: Climate change, Carbon dioxide emissions, China, Spatial econometrics

DOI: 10.5547/01956574.39.2.yyan

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Published in Volume 39, Number 2 of the bi-monthly journal of the IAEE's Energy Economics Education Foundation.

 

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