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Energy consumption and carbon emissions in a coastal city in China

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Analyses of energy consumption and carbon emissions in Tianjin are ways to understand the dynamics of developing cities in China. Using carbon emission calculation methodology recommended by IPCC, the amount of energy consumption and carbon emissions in Tianjin were calculated from 1995 to 2007. The results showed that the energy consumption structure in Tianjin relied on coal. Annual carbon emission was 26.37 million tons with growth of 4.48% per year; Sc (carbon emission per GDP) reduced year by year, and Se (carbon emission per energy consumption) decreased overall. We also proposed countermeasures to reduce carbon emissions from energy consumption.

Source: Procedia Environmental Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.001

Authors: Ma Chun, Ju Mei-ting, Zhang Xiao-chun, Li Hong-yuan

Institutions: Nankai University, Tianjin Research Institute of Water Transport Engineering

Language: English

Topic: Energy, Environment, Economic Growth

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory