Research on the Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Carbon Transfer Based on Value Chain in China

Abstract

Abstract Carbon emission reduction is an arduous task that the world needs to face and solve at present and in the coming period, and it is also an important goal in the process of China's economic and social development. It is also an important goal in the process of China's economic and social development. The study of carbon transfer based on the value chain is crucial to the realization of carbon emission reduction and the scientific and reasonable distribution of carbon emission reduction responsibilities. Based on the input-output method, this paper uses the value-based carbon emission accounting method to calculate and analyze the carbon emission transfer characteristics of 30 provinces, autonomous regions and cities in China (excluding Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) in 2012 and 2017. As many indicators of different aspects as possible are selected, and the problem of covariance between indicators is reduced and eliminated through factor analysis, so as to analyze the key factors affecting carbon transfer. It was found that during 2012–2017, China's carbon emissions as a whole showed a transfer from regions with a higher level of economic development to regions with a lower level of economic development, and from the east to the west, with the net transfer out center of gravity shifting significantly to the north and west. The middle region (MR) has always been the region that transfers out the most carbon emissions, but the net transfer growth rate of some provinces in the MR has decreased more with other regions. During this period, the local resource availability, energy consumption level, and science and technology level had the greatest impact on the change of carbon transfer. Regions with abundant resources but lower levels of science and technology, and higher levels of energy consumption will increase their carbon transfer. The results of this paper are intended to improve the study of carbon transfer along the value chain, and provide a basis for the division of responsibility for carbon emission reduction and the formulation of policies in China.