Authors: Tek Narayan Maraseni Jiansheng Qu Bian Yue Jingjing Zeng Jerry Maroulis
Publish Date: 2016/07/27
Volume: 23, Issue: 20, Pages: 20553-20566
Abstract
China contributes 23 of global carbon emissions of which 26 originate from the household sector Due to vast variations in both climatic conditions and the affordability and accessibility of fuels household carbon emissions HCEs differ significantly across China This study compares HCEs per person from urban and rural regions in northern China with their counterparts in southern China Annual macroeconomic data for the study period 2005 to 2012 were obtained from Chinese government sources whereas the direct HCEs for different types of fossil fuels were obtained using the IPCC reference approach and indirect HCEs were calculated by inputoutput analysis Results suggest that HCEs from urban areas are higher than those from rural areas Regardless of the regions there is a similarity in per person HCEs in urban areas but the rural areas of northern China had significantly higher HCEs than those from southern China The reasons for the similarity between urban areas and differences between rural areas and the percentage share of direct and indirect HCEs from different sources are discussed Similarly the reasons and solutions to why decarbonising policies are working in urban areas but not in rural areas are discussedThis project was funded by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China Grant No 41371537 and 41401656 and the CAS Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists Grant No 2012T1Z45 We would like to thank these organisations for their financial support We would also like to cordially thank anonymous referee for his/her highly valuable suggestions which were gratefully acknowledged
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