Decoupling economic growth from carbon dioxide emissions in China's metal industrial sectors: A technological and efficiency perspective

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 691; pp. 1173 - 1181
• Main Authors: Wang, Miao, Feng, Chao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.11.2019
• Subjects: air pollution; carbon; carbon dioxide; China; Decomposition model; Decoupling index; economic development; Efficiency improvement; energy conservation; fossil fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; issues and policy; metals; mining; potential energy; Technological progress; China; Efficiency improvement; Decoupling index; Decomposition model; Technological progress

As an energy-intensive industry, the mining, smelting, processing and production of metallic mineral resources consumes a large amount of fossil energy and simultaneously emits high amounts of carbon dioxide. This paper discusses the decoupling relationship between the economy and CO2 emissions of C...