《Evaluating_carbon_dioxide_emissions_in_international_trade_of_China》.pdf

ARTICLE IN PRESS Energy Policy 38 (2010) 613–621 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy Policy journal homepage: /locate/enpol Evaluating carbon dioxide emissions in international trade of China $ Boqiang Lin a,, Chuanwang Sun b a China Center for Energy Economics Research, Xiamen University, B201 College of Economics, Xiamen 361005, China b China Center for Energy Economics Research, Xiamen University, B202 College of Economics, Xiamen 361005, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: China is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO ). As exports account for about one-third of 2 Received 21 May 2009 China’s GDP, the CO2 emissions are related to not only China’s own consumption but also external Accepted 2 October 2009 demand. Using the input–output analysis (IOA), we analyze the embodied CO2 emissions of China’s Available online 27 October 2009 import and export. Our results show that about 3357 million tons CO2 emissions were embodied in the Keywords: exports and the emissions avoided by imports (EAI) were 2333 million tons in 2005. The average CO2 emissions contribution to embodied emission factors by electricity generation was over 35%. And that by cement Inp