Research On Energy Consumption Carbon Footprint And Its Influencing Factors In Anhui Province

Since the industrial revolution,the rapid growth of the economy brings a large amount of energy use,the growth of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels is increasing,global warming has become a difficult problem to be solved by human beings,all countries in the world have generally recognized the necessity of developing low carbon economy.As the largest developing country,the unreasonable industrial structure and coal dominated energy consumption structure,has made China become the world’s largest carbon emissions country.Anhui is located in Central China,and five cities have joined the economic belt of the Yangtze River Delta.With the vigorous promotion of the eastern developed cities,the environmental problems brought by the rapid development are becoming more and more prominent.The carbon footprint will also increase gradually,how to develop low carbon economy and reduce carbon footprint has become the inevitable choice of Anhui province.The whole province has a vast territory and a wide range of regions,and there are obvious regional differences.According to the characteristics of Anhui Province,16 cities in the province are divided into three regions:south of Anhui,Middle of Anhui and north of Anhui.The carbon footprint level and influencing factors of different regions are analyzed,and targeted policy recommendations for each region are put forward.The main research contents include:First of all,comparing and analysising of energy consumption and changes in the total and 3 regions of Anhui province,study on the change trend of total and regional energy consumption and growth rate.Through the above analysis,it is concluded that:From the perspective of energy consumption,Anhui province showed an overall growth trend,and the rate of growth varies.Among them,the North Anhui region has been declining year by year,the middle of Anhui began to show a downward trend and rebounded in 2013,in Northern Anhui,the fluctuation is large and the trend is not obvious.Secondly,building a carbon footprint calculation model to calculation and analysis of carbon footprint in Anhui Province.Based on the calculation model of carbon footprint,the total amount of carbon footprint in Anhui province and each region is measured.In order to more comprehensively analyze the structural change rule of carbon footprint and the difference among different regions,we calculate the per capita carbon footprint and carbon footprint intensity separately,and analyze the differences between regions.In order to study the relationship between carbon footprint and economic development,the relationship between the carbon footprint of each region and the economic development is analyzed by the decoupling analysis model,and comparison and analysis of the differences between cities.The results show that the economic development and carbon footprint are weakly decoupled,but the regional differences are not obvious,and the regional differences are obvious.Thirdly,a relational analysis model was constructed to rank the main influencing factors of carbon footprint,such as resident population,per capita income,fixed assets investment,the proportion of the second industry,the proportion of research investment and raw coal consumption,the urbanization rate and the foreign real investment eight indicators,screening out six indexes of carbon footprint in Anhui Province.Based on the STIRPAT influence factor model,the multiple regression theory is applied to build the carbon footprint model of the six indicators.The results show that there are great differences in the regional factors.Finally,the research results are summarized,and the policy suggestions for China’s carbon emission control and low carbon economy development are provided.