How does “the Belt and Road” and the Sino-US trade conflict affect global and Chinese CO2 emissions?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In the context of the rapid development of the Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative, the continuous transfer of Sino-US trade to the B&R...     

The evolution of CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emissions in international trade for major economies: a perspective from the global supply chain

Employing global multi-regional input–output models, this paper revisits the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emission trade (including exports and imports) and assesses their positions in the national emissions of 14 major countries with large national emissions or large emission trades during 1995–2009. It especially explores the evolution of the emission trades of these countries from both continuous time series and comparative perspectives, in order to provide an explanation for CO₂ emission spillovers across countries. The main findings obtained were as follows: (1) China was the largest CO₂ exporter to other countries, accounting for over 20 % of global exports since 2005; the CO₂ exports of the United States of America (USA), Germany, and Japan varied slightly over this time period, but overall, their proportions had decreased. (2) The CO₂ imports of the USA were the largest, occupying around 20 % of the global CO₂ imports; meanwhile, China’s CO₂ imports increased rapidly and ranked the second largest. (3) For Chinese Taiwan, its proportion of CO₂ exports in production-based emissions ranked the highest while that of the USA ranked the lowest; highly CO₂ import-dependent countries with an over 40 % proportion of CO₂ imports in its consumption-based emissions included France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, while China, India, and Russia remained the lowest, distinguished from their physical energy imports. These results suggested that the global policy makers should take the CO₂ emissions in trade into consideration when carefully accounting for national emissions inventories.     

中国城镇化与区域居民生活直接用能研究

我国城镇化进程持续加快,1996年以来年均增长1.4个百分点,同时,居民生活直接能源消费快速增长。区域发展不平衡使各区域城镇化水平与居民生活直接用能存在差异。本文探讨2000-2011年间城镇化进程对各区域居民生活直接用能的影响规律。根据Divisia指数分解法,将居民生活直接用能变化分解为人口增长效应、城镇化率增加效应、城镇居民人均生活用能变化效应和农村居民人均生活用能变化效应。着重分析了东、中、西部区域城镇化率增加对区域生活直接用能总量变化、各类型能源品种变化的贡献及边际贡献。结果发现:12000-2011年间,城镇化进程对东、中、西部和东北区域居民生活直接用能的贡献分别为4.2%,20.6%,4.1%,-0.01%,人口结构的变动对中部居民直接用能的拉动作用明显;2城镇化率每提高一个百分点,对各区域间生活直接用能贡献差别不大,其中,对东部区域增量贡献最小;3与其他区域不同,中部区域城镇化进程对煤炭消费有增量贡献;东、中部区域城镇化进程对油品消费增量的贡献是西部区域的3-4倍;东部区域城镇化进程对电力消费增量的贡献接近0;4城镇化率每增加一个百分点,对东部地区油品消费增量贡献分别是中西部区域的1.9和2.3倍;对天然气和热力消费增量贡献的情况类似,均是西部区域最高,是东部和中部1.4-2.6倍。研究结论对城镇化进程下开展区域能源管理、节能减排具有指导意义。     

Chemical composition and quantitative relationship between meteorological condition and fine particles in Beijing

The recent year‘s monitor results of Beijing indicated that the pollution level of fine particles PM2.5 showed an increasing trend. To understand pollution characteristics of PM2.5 and its relationship with the meteorological conditions in Beijing, a one-year monitoring of PM2.5 mass concentration and correspondent meteorological parameters was performed in Beijing in 2001. The PM2.5 levels in Beijing were very high, the annual average PM2.5 concentration in 2001 was 7 times of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards proposed by US EPA. The major chemical compositions were organics, sulfate, crustals and nitrate. It was found that the mass concentrations of PM2.5 were influenced by meteorological conditions. The correlation between the mass concentrations of PM2.5 and the relative humidity was found. And the correlation became closer at higher relative humidity. And the mass concentrations of PM2.5 were negtive-correlated to wind speeds, but the correlation between the mass concentration of PM2.5 and wind speed was not good at stronger wind.