Sustainability 2018, 10(5), 1505; https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051505
Re-Examining Embodied SO2 and CO2 Emissions in China
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Nanjing Normal University, Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment for the Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
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Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing 210023, China
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Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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Department of Environmental Studies, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Received: 15 March 2018 / Revised: 19 April 2018 / Accepted: 5 May 2018 / Published: 10 May 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Carbon Footprint: As an Environmental Sustainability Indicator)
Abstract
CO2 and SO2, while having different environmental impacts, are both linked to the burning of fossil fuels. Research on joint patterns of CO2 emissions and SO2 emissions may provide useful information for decision-makers to reduce these emissions effectively. This study analyzes both CO2 emissions and SO2 emissions embodied in interprovincial trade in 2007 and 2010 using multi-regional input–output analysis. Backward and forward linkage analysis shows that Production and Supply of Electric Power and Steam, Non-metal Mineral Products, and Metal Smelting and Pressing are key sectors for mitigating SO2 and CO2 emissions along the national supply chain. The total SO2 emissions and CO2 emissions of these sectors accounted for 81% and 76% of the total national SO2 emissions and CO2 emissions, respectively. View Full-Text
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Huang, R.; Hubacek, K.; Feng, K.; Li, X.; Zhang, C. Re-Examining Embodied SO2 and CO2 Emissions in China. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1505.
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