Low-carbon Economy In Shanxi Province Sub-sector Decoupling Index Construction And Assessment

Global climate change is a growing major issues of common concern. How to reduce carbon emissions and slow down and even reverse such global climate change as higher temperatures of the main features is become urgent need for humanity to solve. In this backdrop, the concept of low-carbon economy arises spontaneously. That is how the economic developed, while the carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emission reducing. This type of economic development process is called "decoupling" between the economic and carbon dioxide academically. How to achieve the situation of "decoupling" is the largest academic research topics nowadays. Suan study Significance is rooted in the non-traditional security threats that man must to face,which are brought by current global climate change. Clearly, in the process of economic development to achieve "dematerialization" and "decarbonation" and to achieve continuable development of economics that is the premise of human society continuance. This type of economics is also the economic development of the advanced stage. To achieve this situation, human society must to improve energy efficiency, increase renewable energy proportion to improve the energy structure, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, optimize the economic structure and improving the human consume habit and so on, and prospective study Academic research have a crucial significance before these practice.The first part of this study discussed the relationship between carbon emissions and economic and educe the concept of low-carbon economy. Also introduced the concept of decoupling and related indicators briefly. This study proposed decoupling indicator are a type of effective tool to measure low carbon economy. Followed This articles following analyze the current international pressure of carbon emissions China faced, and point out the provincial level of reduce carbon emissions reduction is a foothold in China nowadays and future. This article analyze the situation of Shanxi—a important coal chemical industry base in China. This study take Shanxi in case to measure low-carbon economy situation is a basic steps to implement pertinence and validity low-carbon policy in a special zone, This is also a steps with innovative value trying to introduce evaluation system for a low carbon economy in China of Mainland, which is also a meaningful purpose of this study.The second part of this study summarize the literature of decoupling, compareing environmental Kuznets curve, OECD decoupling mode and Tapio decoupling mode. The purpose is to comb development context of decoupling mode, to pursue the latest developments of decoupling indicators in the international state, also master such as the latest international construction as OECD decoupling indicators and Tapio decoupling indicators of two mode. This part of the study summarized domestic and foreign research results, finding that the current decoupling theory and related indicators have been widely used to measure the pressure relationship between the economy and the carbon emissions. In China, however, the decoupling theory and related indicators are mostly used in the field of energy conservation research, the application on measureing pressure relationship of economy and carbon emissions is relatively weak. Thus, the study of Shanxi Province in mainland China has the innovative and advanced value.The third part summarized and comparatively analyzed decoupling policy of greenhouse gas reduction of the international. This part selected industrial revolution and the birthplace of the concept of low-carbon economy-the United Kingdom and the biggest development state—The United States., because United Kingdom first put forward the "low-carbon economy" concept, and also is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, now played a leading role in the field of global climate change. The United States House of Representatives just passed The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES Act),which represented a new policy of Obama administration. Finally, the sections of this chapter compared decoupling policy of greenhouse gas emissions. This aim is to Outlook policy-making process of the advanced states, to provide our government and the relevant provinces (cities, districts) develop policies for reference.The fourth part of the carbon emissions refered the IPCC recommended calculation method to calculate carbon emissions of Shanxi industry, construction and transport and storage of postal industry from 2000 to 2007, and accordingly, constructed the pressure relations between the datum of industry GDP of relative at 1999 price and the weight of carbon emissions to estimate situation of decoupling based on OECD and Tapio decoupling indicators from 2000 to 2007. As the industrial, construction and transportation and warehousing sectors are the most important greenhouse gas emitting sectors in Shanxi of energy inland province, to outlook its energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions patterns and characteristics, will help to improve policy effectiveness. This study conclusions are as following:(1) The energy/CO2 decoupling factor of industry in Shanxi province as a whole performed relative decoupling year by year, showing effectiveness on energy-saving and emission-reduction work.(2)If take 1999 as base year, the Energy decoupling state and CO2 decoupling state all showed a link, indicating energy-saving and emission reduction work in Shanxi Province bear tremendous pressure under the sustained and rapid economic development of Shanxi Province.(3) Energy-saving and emission reduction has a obvious effect on the architecture of Shanxi by using decoupling indicator to analyze.(4)Using Tapio decoupling indicators to analyze transportation and warehousing industries in Shanxi province,its emissions-reduction effectiveness is greater than energy-saving, that is, in Shanxi transportation and warehousing sector, the more obvious effectiveness work on carbon intensity than on energy-saving efficiency.The fifth part article base on the solemn commitments that China makes on Copenhagen climate conference to decrease 40%-45% of carbon emissions intensity in 2020 compared to 2005,and the reality of Chinese emission reduction assignment standed on provincial emission reduction separately. The paper forecasted the total discharge of CO2 emissions and the situation of decoupling that in Shanxi in 2020 by using carbon intensity and the OECD indicators of carbon emissions separtedly. The conclusion is that if the carbon intensity can be down 40%-45% based on 2005,this will effectivly promote energy conservation and emission reduction to promote low carbon economy in Shanxi province.To achieve this situation,must promote economic and industrial restructuring, optimize energy structure and the imple policies and measures of encourage energy conservation and energy efficiency,suah as increasing R & D investment to handle climate change.There is a long way to achieve the target.Finally,this paper summarized the whole of this study, put forward to conclusions and recommendations, and pointed out the shortage of research.