A roadmap to a green chemical industry in Australia

A ‘roadmap’ has been devised for a progressive greening of the Australian chemical industry over the next two decades. The roadmap is based on a set of interactive principles broadly termed ‘economic’, ‘social’, ‘technological’, ‘environmental’ and ‘political’, which collectively form the ‘drivers of change’ in chemical industry strategy/business/policy planning—leading to greater efficiency and economic sustainability of this industry. The proposed roadmap pre-supposes that real economic, societal and environmental benefits can be obtained through greater use of existing and emerging green chemical technology. It can play an important role in developing a sustainable chemical industry in Australia. Primarily, the proposed roadmap involves a paradigm shift of the business operating plan and a significant mindset change of management.     

Local-neighborhood effects of different environmental regulations on green innovation: evidence from prefecture level cities of China

Environment, Development and Sustainability - Green innovation is the key to solve increasingly serious environmental problems. Previous studies mainly focus on the effects of environmental...     

Switching behaviors toward green brands: evidence from emerging economy

The aim of the current research was to recognize consumer attitude gap toward green brand by studying role of green consumer value and green brand equity toward the switching intention and purchase intention of consumers toward green brands. The current research employed quantitative research design and collected data through questionnaire from 331 respondents. The PLS-structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the structured relationships. The findings suggest green customer value is product of the three important factors namely green brand experiential risk, green brand experiential quality and green brand experience. Hence, these act as the main drivers of switching consumer behavioral intention toward the green products through consumer green brand equity. The research attempts to study the attitude–behavior gap in the green marketing literature by investigating the role which includes, green brand experiential risk, green brand experiential quality and green brand experience on customer value leading to green brand equity. The research provide an in-depth understating of attitude–behavior gaps and role of green customer value and brand equity that plays vital role in marketing campaigns and policy making to increase purchase intention of green eco-conscious products.

     

Spatial evolution of green development at provincial level in China

Based on the Green Development Indicator System issued by the Chinese government, this study conducted an in-depth evaluation of provincial green development in China, from 2013 to 2016. The findings of the study showed that: (1) significant regional differences existed across provinces in China regarding green development. (2) In terms of changing trends, the overall level of green development exhibited an upward trend during the years covered by our study, with a faster rising rate of development in eastern and central regions of China than in western ones. (3) In terms of spatial correlation, the spatial autocorrelation of China’s green development was evident. However, the spatial agglomeration of provincial green development gradually waned during the period in 2013–2016. (4) When it comes to drivers of spatial autocorrelation, the comparatively upward trend in the environmental field served as the main factor that drove green development from agglomeration to balance. (5) In terms of convergence, the tendency showed that less developed regions were about to catch up with leading regions in China in green development, especially as regards the dimensions of ecological protection and resource utilization.     

环境规制是否能激发绿色创新?——基于点-线-面三维框架的可视化分析

伴随生态文明建设确立为国家战略,环境规制与绿色创新日益成为学术领域研究的热点,其中最具代表性的波特假说近年来逐渐成为多领域学者们关注的重点问题,并积累了丰硕的研究成果。本文以1995—2018年Web of Science数据库中波特假说领域相关研究的文献为样本,运用可视化分析软件,基于点-线-面三维框架整理了环境规制与绿色创新、竞争力等相关主题的关键文献、历史路径和关键词聚类等内容。首先,在关键词共被引网络分析的基础上探讨波特假说研究中存在的四个热点方向,即学者们热衷于对波特假说的强版本、狭义版本以及弱版本进行检验;学者们对环境政策的研究细分至具体的政策如能源政策;倾向于利用不同类型的环境规制对企业环境创新进行验证;探究环境规制和环境创新成因之间的关系。接着,运用文献共被引关系路径分析发现两种引证关系路径,即实证引证关系路径和理论引证关系路径。最后,通过对高被引文献的共被引关系进行模块化分析,显示出了五个重要热点聚类:环境绩效与财务绩效;环境管制与竞争力;企业环境行为与环境管理;环境管制与产业区位选择;环境管制与生产效率。从而,得出了未来需要加强波特假说研究的五个方向的建议:一是文献研究对象需要扩展比较,理论支撑有待继续挖掘;二是针对企业异质性进行环境政策特性设计,灵活创新政府政策工具;三是企业主动性加强,推动形成企业层面研究新视角;四是关注跨国贸易,强化环境规制对国际碳转移和污染倾销问题研究;五是拓宽研究方法的新视角,多关注政策工具间交互影响。     

The road map for green development of Western China

China has made some remarkable achievements in sustainable development,but the constant deterioration of the overall trend of the environment has not yet been effectively curbed.To achieve the goal of sustainable development,we must first ensure coordination and coherence of national development goals in different areas and adhere to green development road.To achieve the objectives related to green development,and to clarify the direction of green development in the next 20years,a road map is needed to guide and coordinate the process.This paper describes the concept of the green development road map,introduces a green development road map for the western region,and further elaborates it The road map clarifies the objectives and guiding principles of green development in the western region,points the areas that deserve more concern and institutional innovation,and builds a green development monitoring and evaluation(M&E)framework.Finally,the paper provides corresponding policy recommendations based on the established road map.     

A pathway toward future sustainability: Assessing the influence of innovation shocks on CO2 emissions in developing economies

Environment, Development and Sustainability - The prior empirical research focuses on examining only the procyclical impact of innovation on carbon emissions (CO2e), in the majority of cases, for...     

技术进步和税收在区域大气污染治理中的作用

频繁且大面积的雾霾天气不仅严重影响了人们的身心健康和正常的生产生活,而且已成为社会各界广泛关注的重大问题,因此雾霾治理已成为当务之急。为了从经济学视角为雾霾治理决策提供理论支持,本文首先将全国分为东北、京津、北部、东部、南部、中部、西北和西南八大区域,进而建立了中国动态多区域可计算一般均衡模型,用以研究技术进步(能源利用效率和能源清洁技术)和税收(二氧化硫税)在大气污染治理中的作用及其对区域经济发展的影响。在数据方面,本文综合使用了2015年发布的GTAP9.0数据库和最新的区域间投入产出表数据。在情景设置方面,本文对直至2030年中国经济、社会的发展趋势进行了基准情景设定,同时设定了2 000元/t和5 000元/t的硫税情景、能效提高情景、清洁技术进步情景,以及包含三者的综合情景。研究发现:①征收5 000元/t的硫税能够使全国总体和绝大部分区域的PM_(2.5)浓度在2030年达到空气质量二级标准,但会给经济增长带来一定的负面影响;②改进能源清洁技术进一步巩固了治理大气污染的政策效果;③提高能源利用效率对空气污染的影响较小,但配合其他政策使用时能有效地降低对宏观经济的负面影响。根据研究结论,本文提出了相关的政策建议:首先,加强大气污染相关法制建设,只有完善的法制基础才能保障污染治理政策的有效实施;其次,适时提高排污税税率,并分地区、分行业制定不同的排污标准和税收标准;再次,加速发展科学技术,大幅提高与治理大气污染有关的科研投入;最后,区域间应建立生态补偿机制,并加强联防联控工作。     

技术进步、结构调整与中国工业减排——基于环境效应分解模型的分析

20世纪90年代以来,中国工业污染排放量仍在持续增加,环境质量并没有得到显著的改善,但由于环境技术进步和产业结构调整的贡献,污染排放的增长幅度已出现明显减缓的势头.为了定量评价这两种作用的影响,本文引入环境效应分解模型,对1998-2008年中国工业S02减排的动态效应进行了实证研究.结果表明,1998-2008年中国工业减排的环境净效应中,环境技术效应贡献了环境净效应的-97.76%,而结构调整效应对环境的改善并不大,仅为-6.33%.从各年度环境净效应的分解结果看,环境技术进步效应在各年度仍发挥了主要的作用,年均占到-90.03%.但值得肯定的是,从2005年开始的"十一五"时期,结构效应起到了一定的效果,尤其是2008年,结构效应更是贡献了-15.98个百分点.本文认为,由于企业边际排污成本可能在增加,技术效应总是有限的,尽管产业结构调整的步伐相对比较缓慢,但在当前两型社会建设的进程中,必须在科学发展观的指导下,更加注重结构效应的改善.     

中国碳排放权交易促进低碳技术创新机制的研究

碳排放权交易已成为我国实施以市场为基础的重要环境规制之一,但此交易市场建设能否诱发我国低碳技术创新的有关研究仍然不足。以我国七个碳排放权交易试点为研究对象,采用合成控制法进行准自然实验,选取2004—2016年全国282个城市的面板数据,评估碳排放权交易试点政策对低碳技术创新的诱发效果,并使用排列检验法进行有效性检验;进而,定量分析碳排放权交易试点正式运行后对低碳技术创新的影响因素,探索七个试点效果差异的成因。研究发现:①碳排放权交易试点政策整体上诱发了试点地区的低碳技术创新活动。②各试点的政策效果存在一定差异,除重庆外的六个试点对政策响应较为迅速,其中北京、上海的诱发效果最显著,天津、广东、深圳和湖北次之,而重庆试点未能对政策作出充分的响应。③碳排放权交易对低碳技术创新作用中的政策"信号-预期"机制在我国首次得到验证,该机制在除重庆外的试点地区都得到了较好的构建。④碳排放权交易市场建设与区域产业结构升级产生了良好的协同作用,促进低碳技术创新,但其未能与外商直接投资形成相同作用;除重庆外,碳排放权交易这一市场型环境规制与控制型环境规制也呈现出协同作用。据此,应积极推进全国性碳排放权交易市场建设,以发挥其对低碳技术创新的诱发作用;但在统一市场建设过程中应重视地区差异,分步骤稳步推进;还应注重加强政府政策信号管理,引导企业开展低碳技术创新活动。     

Emission Inventories of Carbon-containing Greenhouse Gases in China and Technological Measures for Their Abatement

The report summarizes surveys on carbon inventories and initiatives on sustainable carbon cycling taken by the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, where the authors work/worked. The first part of the report, which appeared in the preceding issue of this journal, deals with the concept of sustainable carbon cycling, the historic evolution of carbon cycling processes in China, carbon pool enhancement, value addition, carbon sequestration and carbon balance. This very paper, as the second part of the report, covers the results of carbon dynamics modeling, emission inventories of various carbon-containing greenhouse gases and their potential abatement measures.     

Emission Inventories of Carbon-containing Greenhouse Gases in China and Technological Measures for Their Abatement

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The report summarizes surveys on carbon inventories and initiatives on sustainable carbon cycling taken by the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, where the authors work/worked. The first part of the report, which appeared in the preceding issue of this journal, deals with the concept of sustainable carbon cycling, the historic evolution of carbon cycling processes in China, carbon pool enhancement, value addition, carbon sequestration and carbon balance. This very paper, as the second part of the report, covers the results of carbon dynamics modeling, emission inventories of various carbon-containing greenhouse gases and their potential abatement measures.     

中国工业环境规制强度的行业差异及收敛性研究

针对不同行业环境规制强度的差异性,本文运用收敛理论研究了行业环境规制强度的敛散性。传统上利用单位成本或产出的污染治理费用表示的行业环境规制强度可能存在有偏性,本文基于单位污染排放的污染治理费用测算行业环境规制强度,利用Theil指数和收敛检验模型,分析了2001—2015年中国35个工业行业环境规制强度差异、收敛性质及收敛机制。研究发现:(1)一些行业的环境规制强度与其污染强度未表现出相应的强关联性。(2)中国工业行业环境规制强度差异呈现"M"型变化趋势,污染行业与清洁行业之间的环境规制强度差异呈现先发散后收敛的倒"U"型趋势。(3)泰尔指数及其分解还表明,污染行业内部的子行业间环境规制强度差异很大,且是造成工业行业环境规制强度差异的最主要来源。(4)工业行业环境规制强度存在较长时段的σ收敛和较短时长的俱乐部收敛的同时,还存在绝对β收敛和条件β收敛,即低规制行业向高规制行业看齐,不同行业环境规制强度向各自的稳态水平靠近,此外,污染行业环境规制强度收敛速度慢于清洁行业。(5)企业规模成长和市场化水平提升有利于促进企业提高环境规制水平。(6)对收敛机制的进一步研究表明,出口学习效应和进口技术溢出对行业环境规制强度变化的提升效应随着环境规制强度的提高而扩大,即两者对行业环境规制强度变化具有提升效应,但无促进其收敛的作用。扩大企业规模、提升市场化和对外开放水平,有利于提升企业应对环境规制的能力,并为下一阶段实施更为合理有效的环境规制政策提供支撑。     

经济新常态下中国矿业供给侧改革发展战略研究

矿业是经济社会发展的基础产业。在当前中国经济进入新常态和矿业长期低迷的形势下,要合理推进矿业供给侧改革,必须理清经济增长、城镇化与矿产资源消费之间的长期关系,需要依次回答:是否存在长期关系,这些关系有什么作用特征,这些作用的变化趋势如何,不同矿产资源是否存在显著的区别,针对这些区别如何提出应对策略。基于上述问题的判断,本文选取9种矿产资源,利用多种方法进行了组合分析。应用脱钩指数刻画了1978—2015年中国经济增长与矿产资源消费的脱钩关系,发现呈现一种周期性的脱钩和复钩过程;选取经济增长、城镇化和任意一种矿产资源消费为变量,建立了VAR模型,揭示各变量间的因果关系,将显著的因果关系分为三种类型,包括循环因果链(三种变量之间存在显著的接替性循环变化的关系,包括煤炭、锌、原铝和钾盐等)、两两互为因果(某两种变量之间存在一种或两种显著的双向交替变化关系,包括原铝、锌、钾盐、石油、精炼铅、精炼镍等)和单向因果(某两种变量之间仅存在一种显著的先后变化关系,包括铁矿石、精炼铜、精炼镍)等;运用脉冲响应函数刻画了上述关系的长期变化趋势,发现矿产资源消费的长期效应的大小及其波动频率有显著差异,大多数矿产可以持续效应10年以上(如煤炭、石油、锌、原铝等消费变动对GDP变动的影响),少数响应仅在5—6年内显著(如铁矿石、钾盐、精炼铅等消费变动对GDP变动的影响),之后效应会逐渐消失。基于此,结合当前实际情况,提出了中国矿业供给侧改革发展战略选择,包括以去产能为抓手、提高资源效率、坚持底线思维、建立政府适当干预下的资源价格形成机制、促进矿业经济创新等政策建议。     

技术进步对中国电解铝能源消费回弹效应的影响——基于二级镶嵌式CES函数的实证研究

电解铝是典型的能源密集型产业,能源效率也是影响我国电解铝企业经济效率的关键因素。能源使用强度大和能源使用成本高都会直接影响到电解铝企业的可持续发展。近十年来,我国铝工业技术进步大大提高了电解铝能源的使用效率,但能源成本的增加,又大大的降低了电解铝能源的经济效率,与此同时,在这双重因素作用下,我国电解铝产能及能源消费总量都在急剧上升。那么技术进步是否带来了电解铝能源的回弹效应呢?本文基于新古典经济增长理论,以二级镶嵌式CES函数为基础,按照索罗模型估算了我国电解铝企业1996-2011年的技术进步贡献率,并利用这一结果估算了我国电解铝能源消费的回弹效应。实证结果表明:技术进步是我国电解铝能源消费效率提高的主要因素,但同时也引起了我国电解铝企业能源消费的回弹效应;其次,近几年电解铝用电价格的不断攀升,没有对我国电解铝无序状态起到很好的调控政策,需要采取更为有效的其他政策来规范电解铝行业的发展,以优化我国电解铝资源配置,促进电解铝健康发展和减少能源浪费。     

Sustainability of agricultural waste power generation industry in China: criteria relationship identification and policy design mechanism

Environment, Development and Sustainability - The sustainable development of the agricultural waste power generation industry (AWPGI) can reduce environmental pollutants' emissions and...     

FDI,technological progress,and green total factor energy productivity: evidence from 281 prefecture cities in China

Environment, Development and Sustainability - This paper uses the slack-based measure-Malmquist–Luenberger (SBM-ML) method to calculate green total factor energy productivity (GTFEP),...     

Assessing the impact of mechanism of green public consumption policy on environmental equity: evidence from China

Environment, Development and Sustainability - This study investigates the impact of the mechanism of green public consumption policy on environmental equity and provides a feasible reference for...     

科技后备人才培养的有关问题探讨

该文分析了国内外人才培养模式的发展和变化,介绍了国家自然科学基金委员会青少年科技活动专项的资助管理模式和其在推动我国青少年科技活动开展中所发挥的作用,并就所资助活动中的典型事例进行了分析.文章最后提出:根据国家发展战略需要,建立人才培养的长效机制;发挥部门优势作好科技后备人才的培养工作;加强科学和教育的结合,共同完善科技人才培养体系;创新人才培养模式,改善青少年科技竞赛类项目;根据学科特点,分别地域条件有针对性地开展青少年科技活动;注重学科交叉,发挥政府部门引导作用;关注国家重大问题和前沿科学进展,有重点地开展青少年科技活动;顺应人才成长的内在客观规律,作好人才培养各环节的衔接.     

Pollution prevention in the pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry traditionally uses complex batch-type processes in the manufacture of medicines, although the production of specific medicines by continuous processes is currently envisaged. Due to the diversity of these processes, it is difficult to define a general set of waste prevention guidelines that would apply to all drug manufacturing. The most applicable methods of prevention can, however, be delineated for each of the five steps in the pharmaceutical manufacturing, i.e. (i) research and development, (ii) chemical synthesis, (iii) natural product extraction, (iv) fermentation and (v) product formulation. Waste streams generally arise from cleaning and sterilising equipment, chemical spills, rejected by-products and the processes themselves. Prevention mainly involves waste reduction by materials substitution, process modification/optimisation, waste stream segregation and solvent waste recycling. These measures are assessed and lead to guidelines for waste minimisation methods according to the waste streams under scrutiny.