| The economic growth rate has been maintained at the forefront of China since the reform and opening up.The rapid economic development can improve the living standards of residents,however,it can also bring more carbon dioxide emissions.With the increase of per capita income,household carbon dioxide emissions are increasing so sharply that household carbon dioxide emissions’ proportion becomes bigger and bigger.In recent years,Guangdong Province has taken lots of measures to carry out emission reduction work and has made some achievements.However,there are still some problems.One is that the ecnomic growth depends on energy consumption so that many enterprises and local governments don’t want to take low-carbon measures at the expense of development.Another is that the main body of the existing policies and measures is government and enterprises,ignoring the control of household carbon dioxide emissions.In this context,the measurement and analysis of household carbon dioxide emissions in Guangdong Province is necessary.This paper will calculate the direct and indirect carbon dioxide emissions generated from residents’ living in Guangdong from 2000 to 2014,and then analyze the calculation results from several aspects.Then,exporing the relationship between the level of carbon dioxide emissions and that of economic development in Guangdong with EKC model and decoupling model.Finally,using the LMDI method and SDA method to analyze the factors that influence the direct and indirect household carbon dioxide emissions in Guangdong.The result of the research showed that the household carbon dioxide emissions in Guangdong presents a inverted “U” trend.Among which indirect household carbon dioxide emissions occupied a large proportion,and urban residents are emission subjuects.There is a EKC between household carbon dioxide and disposable income in Guangdong,what’s more,the decoupling of economic development and carbon dioxide emissions has been achieved in most years.The improvement of cosumption level is the main driving factos of both direct and indirect household carbon dioxide emissions.But the optimization of energy structure and the reduction of carbon dioxide emission intensity can effectively curb the increase of household carbon dioxide emissions. |
