School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China.
International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 3;20(5):4502. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054502.
Resource-based cities (RBCs) are not only important for ensuring national resource and energy security, but they also face serious ecological and environmental problems. To achieve China's carbon peaking and neutrality goals in the coming years, RBCs' achievement of a low-carbon transformation has become increasingly significant. The core of this study is an investigation as to whether governance, including environmental regulations, can facilitate the low-carbon transformation of RBCs. Based on RBC data from 2003 to 2019, we establish a dynamic panel model to research the influence and mechanism of environmental regulations on low-carbon transformation. We found that China's environmental regulations facilitate a low-carbon transformation in RBCs. Mechanism analysis identified that the environmental regulations facilitate the low-carbon transformation in RBCs by strengthening foreign direct investment, enhancing green technology innovation and promoting industrial structure upgrading. Heterogeneity analysis found that the environmental regulations play a greater role in facilitating the low-carbon transformation of RBCs in regions with more developed economies and less dependence on resources. Our research provides theoretical and policy implications for environmental regulations for the low-carbon transformation of RBCs in China, applicable to other resource-based areas.
资源型城市（RBCs）不仅对确保国家资源和能源安全至关重要，而且还面临着严重的生态和环境问题。为了实现中国在未来几年的碳峰值和碳中和目标，RBCs 的低碳转型变得越来越重要。本研究的核心是调查治理，包括环境法规，是否可以促进 RBCs 的低碳转型。基于 2003 年至 2019 年的 RBC 数据，我们建立了一个动态面板模型，研究环境法规对低碳转型的影响和机制。我们发现，中国的环境法规促进了 RBCs 的低碳转型。机制分析表明，环境法规通过加强外国直接投资、提高绿色技术创新和促进产业结构升级，促进了 RBCs 的低碳转型。异质性分析发现，在经济发展水平较高、资源依赖程度较低的地区，环境法规在促进 RBCs 的低碳转型方面发挥了更大的作用。我们的研究为中国 RBCs 的低碳转型的环境法规提供了理论和政策意义，适用于其他资源型地区。
