Efficiency and convergence of China's export trade embodied carbon emissions

This paper measures the amount of embodied carbon emissions of export trade in 2002, 2007 and 2012. Then by using LMDI method, it decomposes the impact factors on the measuring result of above years. It comes to a conclusion: the expansion of trade is the main factor that increased the embodied carbon emissions; the development of technology is the main factor that decreased the embodied carbon emissions; trade structure effect plays a limited role.

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Export trade, embodied carbon emissions, and environmental pollution: An empirical analysis of China's high- and new-technology industries

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111371 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 276 ◽

pp. 111371 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shuhong Wang ◽

Yun Tang ◽

Zehua Du ◽

Malin Song

Keyword(s):

Environmental Pollution ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

New Technology ◽

Export Trade ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Embodied Carbon Emissions ◽

Technology Industries

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Shared Responsibility for Carbon Emission Based on Embodied Carbon Emission in China-US Trade

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1120936/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yulong Zhang ◽

Binbin Pan

Keyword(s):

Carbon Emissions ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Carbon Emission ◽

Shared Responsibility ◽

Export Trade ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Consumer Country ◽

Major Producer ◽

Embodied Carbon Emissions ◽

Import Trade

Abstract Traditional Production-Based Accounting (PBA) principle does not consider the embodied carbon emissions in export and import trade. A multiregional input-output (MRIO) model is constructed to estimate the embodied carbon dioxide emissions of 41 countries and regions worldwide, based on the PBA and shared responsibility approach in this paper. The results indicate that the embodied carbon emissions in 2018 in China's export trade were 1326.1 million tons higher than that of import trade. Through the empirical analysis of the embodied carbon emissions in China's import and export trade, it can be seen that China is a major producer of carbon emissions, not a consumer country, and has taken more carbon emissions responsibility for the world. And it is more reasonable and impartial to assign developed and developing country’s carbon emissions responsibility in the light of the shared responsibility method.

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Is decoupling embodied carbon emissions from economic output in Sino-US trade possible?

Technological Forecasting and Social Change ◽

10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120805 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 169 ◽

pp. 120805

Author(s):

Qiang Wang ◽

Xinyu Han

Keyword(s):

Carbon Emissions ◽

Economic Output ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Embodied Carbon Emissions

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Predicting embodied carbon emissions from purchased electricity for United States counties

Applied Energy ◽

10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116898 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 292 ◽

pp. 116898

Author(s):

Li Chen ◽

Aaron P. Wemhoff

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Embodied Carbon Emissions

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A Conceptual Methodology for Estimating Embodied Carbon Emissions of Buildings in Sri Lanka

Sustainability in Energy and Buildings - Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ◽

10.1007/978-981-32-9868-2_8 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 83-95

Author(s):

Amalka Nawarathna ◽

Zaid Alwan ◽

Barry Gledson ◽

Nirodha Fernando

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Embodied Carbon Emissions

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Fair Share of Supply Chain Responsibility for Low Carbon Manufacturing

International Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9814-7.ch012 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 235-266

Author(s):

Yu Mei Wong

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Accurate Information ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Embodied Carbon ◽

Carbon Emissions Reduction ◽

Consumer Responsibility ◽

Embodied Carbon Emissions ◽

Sharing Responsibility

Large amounts of carbon emissions and pollution are generated during the manufacturing process for consumer goods. Low carbon manufacturing has been increasingly enquired or requested by stakeholders. However, international trade blurs the responsibility for carbon emissions reduction and raises the questions of responsibility allocation among producers and consumers. Scholars have been examining the nexus of producer versus consumer responsibility among supply chains. Recently, there have been discussions on the share of producer and consumer responsibility. Both producer and consumer responsibility approaches have intrinsic shortcomings and are ineffective in curbing the rise of carbon emissions in supply chains. Shared responsibility based on the equity principle attempts to address these issues. This chapter relates a case study of carbon impact on China's export and economy with scenarios which show that the benefits of carbon reduction by producers can trickle down along the supply chain and motivate the sharing responsibility under certain circumstances. The share of producer and consumer responsibility for low carbon manufacturing can be enabled when embodied carbon emissions in goods and services are priced and such accurate information is available. A mechanism engaging the global participation is recommended. The author calls for further research on the system pricing embodied carbon emission, the universal standard to calculate the embodied carbon emissions and to disclose the information, and the way to secure global cooperation and participation.

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