The role of renewable energy technological innovation on climate change: Empirical evidence from China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 659; pp. 1505 - 1512
• Main Authors: Lin, Boqiang, Zhu, Junpeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2019
• Subjects: carbon dioxide; China; climate change; CO2 emissions; energy; Energy structure; greenhouse gas emissions; issues and policy; Panel threshold model; regression analysis; renewable energy sources; Renewable energy technological innovation; technology; threshold models; China; Panel threshold model; Energy structure; CO2 emissions; Renewable energy technological innovation; CO emissions

To develop renewable energy as well as promote China's transition to a low-carbon economy, the government needs to pay attention to renewable energy technological innovation (RETI). Using China's provincial panel data from 2000 to 2015, and regarding the CO2 emissions as the proxy of clima...