Research On The Carbon Emissions Intensity Measurement And Emissions Reduction Policy Of The Yangtze River Delta In The Background Of Climate Warming

The Yangtze River Delta region is one of the most economically developed area in China, of which the annual temperature is rising year by year, especially in recent years. What’s more, the temperature is rising faster than the global average temperature. In the background of the global warming, more attention in the situation of carbon emissions in the Yangtze River Delta has been given, in order to actively respond to climate warming, or to realize the sustainable development in the Yangtze River Delta region, this area must take the low carbon way of energy saving and emissions reduction.Firstly, this paper makes a detailed analysis about overall characteristics of the Yangtze River Delta’s energy consumption and carbon emissions. The results show that energy consumption and carbon emissions of this area were huge from1995to2010, which are being increased year by year. The intensities of both energy consumption and carbon emissions have tended to decline, but the per capita energy consumption and per capita carbon emissions have tended to rise, which of Shanghai is above the total level of the Yangtze River Delta.Secondly, using input-output model, the paper compiles the2007input-output table about economy-energy-carbon emissions of the Yangtze River Delta, in order to measure and analyze the direct and completely carbon intensity of the six major industrial departments. As The Results Indicate, due to the influence of Indirect carbon emissions, the sorting of the directly carbon intensity is not consistent with that of the completely carbon intensity of the Yangtze River Delta’s industrial departments.Thirdly, the paper uses LMDI decomposition model, and the change of per capita carbon emissions from1995to2010in the Yangtze River Delta is decomposed into contributing factors, respectively from the energy level, industry level and regional level. And then the factors, such as the economic development, industrial structure, energy intensity, the energy structure, population size and so on, are analyzed about the contributions to the per capita carbon emissions of the Yangtze River Delta.Finally, according to the above results of the study, some policy suggestions for reducing the carbon emissions of the Yangtze River Delta are given respectively from industrial level, energy level, technological level, social life level and system level.