| MI, Zhifu, Jiali ZHENG, Jing MENG, Jiamin OU, Klaus HUBACEK, Liu ZHU, D’Maris COFFMAN, Nicholas STERN, Sai LIANG and Yi-Ming WEI. Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China. Nature Sustainability. London: Nature Portfolio, 2020, vol. 3, No 7, p. 529-537. ISSN 2398-9629. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0504-y. |
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@article{2244020,
author = {Mi, Zhifu and Zheng, Jiali and Meng, Jing and Ou, Jiamin and Hubacek, Klaus and Zhu, Liu and Coffman, D’Maris and Stern, Nicholas and Liang, Sai and Wei, YiandMing},
article_location = {London},
article_number = {7},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0504-y},
keywords = {Income Inequality; CO2 emission; impacts; poor},
language = {eng},
issn = {2398-9629},
journal = {Nature Sustainability},
title = {Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China},
url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0504-y},
volume = {3},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 2244020
AU - Mi, Zhifu - Zheng, Jiali - Meng, Jing - Ou, Jiamin - Hubacek, Klaus - Zhu, Liu - Coffman, D’Maris - Stern, Nicholas - Liang, Sai - Wei, Yi-Ming
PY - 2020
TI - Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China
JF - Nature Sustainability
VL - 3
IS - 7
SP - 529-537
EP - 529-537
PB - Nature Portfolio
SN - 23989629
KW - Income Inequality
KW - CO2 emission
KW - impacts
KW - poor
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-0504-y
N2 - There are substantial differences in carbon footprints across households. This study applied an environmentally extended multiregional input–output approach to estimate household carbon footprints for 12 different income groups of China’s 30 regions. Subsequently, carbon footprint Gini coefficients were calculated to measure carbon inequality for households across provinces. We found that the top 5% of income earners were responsible for 17% of the national household carbon footprint in 2012, while the bottom half of income earners caused only 25%. Carbon inequality declined with economic growth in China across space and time in two ways: first, carbon footprints showed greater convergence in the wealthier coastal regions than in the poorer inland regions; second, China’s national carbon footprint Gini coefficients declined from 0.44 in 2007 to 0.37 in 2012. We argue that economic growth not only increases income levels but also contributes to an overall reduction in carbon inequality in China.
ER -
MI, Zhifu, Jiali ZHENG, Jing MENG, Jiamin OU, Klaus HUBACEK, Liu ZHU, D’Maris COFFMAN, Nicholas STERN, Sai LIANG and Yi-Ming WEI. Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China. \textit{Nature Sustainability}. London: Nature Portfolio, 2020, vol.~3, No~7, p.~529-537. ISSN~2398-9629. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0504-y.
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