scholarly journals Can Industrial Co-Agglomeration between Producer Services and Manufacturing Reduce Carbon Intensity in China?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuochen Li ◽  
Dongri Han ◽  
Shaosong Feng ◽  
Lei Liang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Producer Services ◽  
Wheel Drive ◽  
The Impact

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges for humanity. Reducing carbon intensity is an inevitable choice for tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development. China has made some emission reduction commitments in the international community to promote the decoupling of China’s economic development from carbon emissions. The realization of the industrial structure from the “single-wheel drive” of the manufacturing to the “two-wheel drive” economic development model of the service industry and the manufacturing has become a key measure to achieve China’s economic intensive development. According to resource misallocation situation in different regions, this paper explored the impact of the collaborative agglomeration between producer services and manufacturing (hereinafter referred to as industrial co-agglomeration) on carbon intensity. The research results show that the carbon intensity is decreasing year by year, and the degree of intensification of China’s economic growth continues to increase. Moreover, the effect of industrial co-agglomeration to promote carbon emission reduction is significantly limited by the degree of misallocated resources, and there is a double threshold effect. Specifically, in areas where resource allocation is reasonable, industrial co-agglomeration can produce significant agglomeration effects and promote carbon intensity reduction. Once the degree of misallocated resources exceeds a threshold level, the agglomeration effect will turn into a crowding effect, resulting in an inability to reduce carbon intensity. We comprehensively analyzed the driving factors for reducing carbon intensity and proposed policy pathways for achieving China’s carbon intensity target.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE COLLABORATIVE AGGLOMERATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
HONG-XIA WU ◽  
CHAO CUI
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Growth Effect ◽  
Producer Services ◽  
Conduction Path

In order to promote the coordinated development of industrial structure towards manufacturing industry and producer services and improve the level of regional economic development, the "double-wheel drive" development mode of modern service industry and manufacturing industry in developed regions or countries is studied, and the economic effect of the collaborative agglomeration of producer services and manufacturing industry is studied. The most basic economic effects of industrial collaborative agglomeration are economic growth effect and industrial structure upgrade effect. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration must reasonably promote the "two-wheel" driving strategy, change the mode of economic development, relieve the crowded effect of industrial collaborative agglomeration, and transform the negative effect of industrial collaborative agglomeration on economic growth. This study has reference value in the following aspects: to ease the spillover conduction path of industrial collaborative agglomeration, to strengthen the coordinating and leading role of central cities, to accelerate industrial upgrading, and to narrow the regional income gap.

Environmental Degradation, Tropical Diseases, and Economic Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Luke Gallup
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

It’s complicated. Tropical diseases have unusually intricate life cycles because most of them involve not only a human host and a pathogen, but also a vector host. The diseases are predominantly tropical due to their sensitivity to local ecology, usually due to the vector organism. The differences between the tropical diseases mean that they respond to environmental degradation in various ways that depend on local conditions. Urbanization and water pollution tend to limit malaria, but deforestation and dams can exacerbate malaria and schistosomiasis. Global climate change, the largest environmental change, will likely extend the range of tropical climate conditions to higher elevations and near the limits of the tropics, spreading some diseases, but will make other areas too dry or hot for the vectors. Nonetheless, the geographical range of tropical diseases will be primarily determined by public health efforts more than climate. Early predictions that malaria will spread widely because of climate change were flawed, and control efforts will probably cause it to diminish further. The impact of human disease on economic development is hard to pin down with confidence. It may be substantial, or it may be misattributed to other influences. A mechanism by which tropical disease may have large development consequences is its deleterious effects on the cognitive development of infants, which makes them less productive throughout their lives.

Vincoli europei e internazionali. Il rilancio della politica climatica dell'Unione Europea per il periodo post Kyoto

2009 ◽  
pp. 149-161
Author(s):  
Andrea Molocchi
Keyword(s):  
Energy Saving ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Burden Sharing ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Renewable Sources ◽  
Legislative Proposals ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

- The relation describes the European strategy on energy and climate under the UNFCCC process for the post Kyoto period (after 2012), by which on march 2007 the EU Council adopted general targets at 2020 for a 20%/30% emission reduction, 20% renewables and 20% energy saving. Furthermore it highlights the main features of the legislative proposals published by the European Commission (EC) to implement the strategy on the 23rd January 2008, soon after the Bali COP13 (so called "energy and climate package"). The package contains proposals to implement the 20% emission reduction through EU level defined caps in the ETS sectors and by national targets differentiation in the non-ETS sectors (respectively under the "ETS revision directive" and "Effort Sharing Decision") and a further directive proposal to implement the 20% target for renewables through national target differentiation as well. The burden sharing criteria applied by EC in the energy package proposals are based on GDP per capita and they do not consider any environmental efficiency criteria, such as carbon intensity or potential for renewable sources based on land availability. As the Impact Assessment produced by the Commission itself shows, the way the "solidariety criteria" has been applied produced estimated costs on GDP highly differentiated between Member States and non-coherent with the GDP per capita distribution. Nevertheless, these burden sharings have not been timely corrected by the EC to bring optimisation with GDP per capita rankings in the UE. In addition, the EC package does not contain legislative proposals aimed to implement the 20% energy saving target. Recent disclosure of information by EC consultants (NTUA - Primes Model) shows that the implicit energy saving potential of the proposed package is limited to 7%, thus far away from the announced 20%. Due to these lackings, the EC package and related burden sharings may not be considered coherent to the EU Council spring 2007 mandate. European Parliament or Council emendments aimed at a higher efficiency and fairness for the whole package are deemed necessary by the author, even if politically difficult to be introduced.Key words: Energy & climate package, GHGs, energy efficiency, renewable sources, European policy.

scholarly journals Eco-Efficiency of a Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric Vehicles: Influence of Manufacturing Country and Commodity Prices on GHG Emissions and Costs

Batteries ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maeva Philippot ◽  
Garbiñe Alvarez ◽  
Elixabete Ayerbe ◽  
Joeri Van Mierlo ◽  
Maarten Messagie
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Production Volume ◽  
Electricity Mix ◽  
The Impact

Lithium-ion battery packs inside electric vehicles represents a high share of the final price. Nevertheless, with technology advances and the growth of the market, the price of the battery is getting more competitive. The greenhouse gas emissions and the battery cost have been studied previously, but coherent boundaries between environmental and economic assessments are needed to assess the eco-efficiency of batteries. In this research, a detailed study is presented, providing an environmental and economic assessment of the manufacturing of one specific lithium-ion battery chemistry. The relevance of parameters is pointed out, including the manufacturing place, the production volume, the commodity prices, and the energy density. The inventory is obtained by dismantling commercial cells. The correlation between the battery cost and the commodity price is much lower than the correlation between the battery cost and the production volume. The developed life cycle assessment concludes that the electricity mix that is used to power the battery factory is a key parameter for the impact of the battery manufacturing on climate change. To improve the battery manufacturing eco-efficiency, a high production capacity and an electricity mix with low carbon intensity are suggested. Optimizing the process by reducing the electricity consumption during the manufacturing is also suggested, and combined with higher pack energy density, the impact on climate change of the pack manufacturing is as low as 39.5 kg CO2 eq/kWh.

scholarly journals Comparative Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in Fuel Combustion Sector of Lithuania and Bulgaria

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 529
Author(s):  
Asta Mikalauskiene ◽  
Justas Štreimikis ◽  
Ignas Mikalauskas ◽  
Gintarė Stankūnienė ◽  
Rimantas Dapkus
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Fuel Combustion ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Ghg Emission ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Policies

The paper performed comparative assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trends and climate change mitigation policies in the fuel combustion sector of selected EU member states with similar economic development levels and historical pasts, and implementing main EU energy and climate change mitigation policies, having achieved different success in GHG emission reduction. The impact of climate change mitigation policies on GHG emission reduction was assessed based on analysis of countries’ reports to UNFCCC by identifying the key areas of GHG emission reduction, their GHG emission reduction potential, and the driving forces behind them. The study revealed that climate change mitigation policies that have been implemented so far in Bulgaria are less efficient than in Lithuania, as Bulgaria places priorities not on energy efficiency improvement and penetration of renewable energy sources, but on switching from coal to natural gas. The policy implications for strengthening GHG emissions reduction efforts are provided based on analysis conducted.

Study on Spatial Planning Pattern of Urban Producer Services

2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 106-109
Author(s):  
Xin Gang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Patterns ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Master Planning ◽  
Producer Services ◽  
Industrial Parks ◽  
Industrial Chain ◽  
Neighborhood Center

As producer services have the characteristics of cluster development in the urban space, rational guidance on spatial patterns of producer services by means of urban planning is able to promote the industrial structure readjustment and spatial structure optimization, and enhance the development of urban modern service industry. Based on characteristics, composition, added value and industrial chain links of producer services, this article has presented that spatial distribution of urban producer services has two patterns: cluster area and supporting center, which respectively belong to two study areas: urban master planning and detailed planning. On the basis of different cluster scales and correlations, this article also has proposed three spatial patterns: industrial parks, characteristic blocks and industrial neighborhood center.

scholarly journals Does the Agglomeration of Producer Services and the Market Entry of Enterprises Promote Carbon Reduction? An Empirical Analysis of the Yangtze River Economic Belt

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13821
Author(s):  
Tianling Zhang ◽  
Panda Su ◽  
Hongbing Deng
Keyword(s):  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Market Entry ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Industrial Agglomeration ◽  
Producer Services ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction ◽  
Reduction Effect

As the world’s largest carbon emitter, China has been committed to carbon emission reduction and green development. Under the goal of “double carbon”, adjusting the industrial structure and promoting the development of producer services are regarded as effective emission reduction paths. In this paper, from the perspective of market entry of enterprises, we firstly investigate the transmission mechanism between market entry of enterprises and industrial agglomeration and summarize the carbon emission reduction mechanism of producer services. Based on the panel data of 110 prefecture-level cities in China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) from 2003 to 2017, we analyze the impact of producer services on carbon emission reduction by using the dynamic spatial panel model. The empirical results show that China’s urban carbon dioxide emissions have noticeable spatial spillover effects and high emission club clustering characteristics and exhibit a noticeable snowball effect and leakage effect in time and space dimensions. The development of the producer services can effectively reduce carbon emission levels, effectively solving the dilemma of “stabilizing growth and promoting emission reduction”. Furthermore, there is an apparent synergistic effect between enterprises’ market entry and industrial agglomeration. The agglomeration of producer services can effectively promote the entry of innovative new enterprises, thus increasing the carbon emission reduction effect. However, due to resource mismatch and isomorphic development, this carbon emission reduction effect has apparent industrial heterogeneity and regional heterogeneity. Finally, this paper makes suggestions for optimizing regional industrial structure, strengthening inter-regional linkage cooperation, and promoting the advanced development of the producer services.

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