School of Economics, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China.
Institute of Open Economy, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, China.
Eval Rev. 2024 Feb;48(1):7-31. doi: 10.1177/0193841X231164880. Epub 2023 Mar 27.
As a high-energy-consuming sector, China's light sector should have received more attention for its carbon emissions (COe). However, the literature on energy-related COe in China's light sector is limited at present. This paper aims to assess the impact of China's light sector on COe. This paper applies the energy consumption technique, input-output analysis technique, and structural decomposition model to analyze China's light sector energy-related COe and emission reduction from the input-output perspective. The results show that the energy structure effect, energy intensity effect, and input structure effect are the main restraining factors for the growth of the light sector energy-related COe, which are caused by the expansion of the energy utilization structure on the supply side of the light sector. The final demand effect is the factor promoting the growth of the light sector energy-related COe. It reveals that the final demand products in the light sector still have high environmental degradation features. Policymakers should actively enhance and rationally adjust the demand for the light sector in numerous industries to avoid the resource waste caused by the excessive expansion of the light sector.
作为一个高能耗的部门，中国的轻工业应该因其碳排放（COe）而受到更多关注。然而，目前关于中国轻工业能源相关 COe 的文献有限。本文旨在评估中国轻工业对 COe 的影响。本文应用能源消耗技术、投入产出分析技术和结构分解模型，从投入产出的角度分析了中国轻工业能源相关 COe 和减排。结果表明，能源结构效应、能源强度效应和投入结构效应是轻工业能源相关 COe 增长的主要制约因素，这是由轻工业供应侧能源利用结构的扩大造成的。最终需求效应是促进轻工业能源相关 COe 增长的因素。它揭示了轻工业最终需求产品仍然具有高环境退化的特征。政策制定者应积极加强并合理调整众多行业对轻工业的需求，以避免轻工业过度扩张造成的资源浪费。
