Abstract
From 2000 to 2015, China’s industry and economy developed rapidly, while at the same time, it became the world’s largest carbon emitter. China’s development trajectory in the 15 years since 2000 is similar to Japan’s in the 1960s and 1980s. This paper used the Logarithmic mean Divisa index (LMDI) method to estimate the impact factors of carbon emissions in China from 2000-2015 and in Japan from 1971-1986. The differences and commonalities of carbon emissions between the two countries in the two periods were discussed by comparing the driving factors of carbon emissions. On this basis, corresponding policies were provided in this paper.