Analysis of Carbon Emissions Embodied in the Provincial Trade of China Based on an Input–Output Model and k-Means Algorithm

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 15; no. 12; p. 9196
• Main Authors: Liu, Danzhu, Liang, Jinqiang, Xu, Shuliang, Ye, Mao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Algorithms; Carbon dioxide; Clustering; Economic development; Economic growth; Emissions; Emissions (Pollution); Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; International trade; Interprovincial trade; Machine learning; Regions; Sustainability; Trade; Japan; China; Beijing China; United States > US

National or regional carbon emissions are generally accounted for by the principle of “producer responsibility”, which ignores the embodied carbon emissions implied in product consumption via inter-regional trade. Therefore, it is necessary to include the embodied carbon emissions into the product c...