Energy efficiency to mitigate carbon emissions: strategies of China and the USA

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• 作者：Ming Yang ; Xin Yu
• 关键词：Emission peaks in China ; Emission declines in the USA ; Drivers of carbon emissions
• 刊名：Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：22
• 期：1
• 页码：1-14
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• 刊物类别：Earth and Environmental Science
• 刊物主题：Atmospheric Sciences; Climate Change Management and Policy; Environmental Management;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1596
• 卷排序：22

文摘

In November 2014, the United States of America (USA) and the People’s Republic of China (China) governments announced their carbon emission reduction targets by 2030. The objective of this paper is to quantitatively project the two countries’ carbon emission reductions that will likely contribute to or facilitate the global climate change mitigation commitment and strategies in Paris in 2015. A top-down approach is used to analyze the relationship between China economic development and energy demand and to identify potentials of energy savings and carbon emission reduction in China. A simple time series approach is used to project carbon emission reduction in the USA. The predictions drawn from the analysis of this paper indicate that both China and the USA should use energy efficiency as first tool to achieve their carbon emission reduction goals.