@article {90541,
	title = {Temporal and spatial variations in consumption-based carbon dioxide emissions in China},
	journal = {Renewable \& Sustainable Energy Reviews},
	volume = {40},
	year = {2014},
	pages = {60-68},
	abstract = {<p>
	China{\textquoteright}s CO<sub>2</sub> emissions have sharply increased in recent years with soaring economic development and urbanization. Consumption-based accounting of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions could provide new insights for allocating regional mitigation responsibility and curbing the emissions. A multi-regional input{\textendash}output model is used to study the trends and disparities of consumption-based emissions from Chinese provinces during the period 2002{\textendash}2007. Results show that China{\textquoteright}s consumption-based CO<sub>2</sub> emissions grew from 3549 Mt in 2002 to 5403 Mt in 2007 with an annual average growth rate of 8.8\%. The annual growth rate in the richer eastern region was over 10\% because of a rapid increase in capital investment and the growth of urban consumption. Consumption-based CO<sub>2</sub> emissions embodied in interprovincial trades contributed only 10\% (351 Mt) to the national total of such emissions in 2002, but 16\% (864 Mt) in 2007. Given low per capita emissions currently, China{\textquoteright}s consumption-based emissions have much room to grow because of further development of urbanization and stimulation of domestic demand. The government should pay greater attention to controlling CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from a consumption-based perspective.
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},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032114006303},
	author = {Zhang, Yanxia and Wang, Haikun and Liang, Sai and Xu, Ming and Liu, Weidong and Li, Shalang and Zhang, Rongrong and Nielsen, Chris P and Bi, Jun}
}
