Impacts of Carbon Pricing in Reducing the Carbon Intensity of China's GDP

In contributing to global climate change mitigation efforts as agreed in Paris in 2015, China has set a target of reducing the carbon dioxide intensity of gross domestic product by 60-65 percent in 2030 compared with 2005 levels. Using a dynamic co...

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Main Authors:	Cao, Jing, Ho, Mun, Timilsina, Govinda R.
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	KILOWATT-HOURS POWER PLANTS SULPHUR DIOXIDE RENEWABLE RESOURCES PRIMARY ELECTRICITY REFINED PRODUCTS RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD FOSSIL FUELS CARBON DIOXIDE AIR QUALITY WIND RESOURCE ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES NITROGEN OXIDES GENERATION NUCLEAR PLANTS GASOLINE PRIMARY SOURCES OF ENERGY EMISSION REDUCTION PRICE RAW COAL WIND TURBINE CLEANER GREENHOUSE GAS CLEAN AIR REFINERY GAS OIL PRICES PETROLEUM COAL USE POWER INDUSTRY AIR POLLUTION OIL HIGHER ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SOURCES REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FUEL USE DOMESTIC SUPPLY POWER GENERATORS THERMAL OUTPUT CONSUMPTION OF COAL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY FUELS FUEL COSTS POWER DISTRIBUTION CARBON EMISSIONS GASIFICATION COAL TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY REVIEW TURBINE EMISSION PEAK LOAD COAL MINING ENERGY INPUT BALANCE ELECTRIC POWER CARBON TRADING ELECTRICITY CEMENT WIND POWER HYDROPOWER ELECTRICITY GENERATION FOSSIL FUEL EMISSION FACTORS FUEL PRICES PARTICULATE VALUE OF ENERGY ENERGY USE GROSS OUTPUT CONVENTIONAL COAL TRANSMISSION LOSSES POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES SOLAR POWER WIND FARM ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY DEMAND TONS OF CARBON HEAT OUTPUT NITROGEN CARBON INTENSITY FOSSIL FUEL PRICES ELECTRICITY PRICE COAL CLEAN WATER FUEL CRUDE OIL CONSUMPTION OF FUEL PRICES OF ENERGY COAL GAS COAL ENERGY SULFUR DIOXIDE RENEWABLE SOURCES SULFATES WIND TURBINES PETROLEUM PRODUCTS RENEWABLE POWER ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION DIESEL KEROSENE IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY HEAT GENERATION COAL UNITS FUEL COST APPROACH ELECTRICAL POWER EMPLOYMENT PRIMARY SOURCES OIL PRICE RAW GAS CEMENT PRODUCTION SUPPLY CURVE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BUILDING MATERIALS VEHICLES QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY CLEAN ENERGY WIND EMISSIONS DEMAND FOR GASOLINE LIQUID FUELS SUPPLY CURVES RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDS GAS NUCLEAR GENERATION ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION COAL OIL ELECTRIC UTILITIES BIOMASS GENERATION CAPACITY POWER GENERATION CARBON CAPTURE POWER SECTOR OPTIONS WATER CARBON TAXES PETROLEUM REFINING POLLUTION NUCLEAR CAPACITY TAX REVENUES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT SULFUR QUANTITY OF FUEL PARTICULATE MATTER ENERGY CONSUMPTION COAL PLANT TAX RATE HEAT CLIMATE CHANGE ELECTRICITY DEMAND WORLD CONSUMPTION HYDRO POWER UTILITIES POWER COAL GENERATION POLLUTANTS PRIMARY ENERGY PRODUCTION CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AMMONIA HOT WATER DEMAND CURVE CARBON ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY NUCLEAR ENERGY GENERATING CAPACITY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY PRODUCTION POWER PRODUCTION PRIMARY ENERGY TURBINES TAX REVENUE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ELECTRICITY PRICES CRUDE OIL PRICE NATURAL GAS COMBUSTION GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY INVESTMENT COAL CONSUMPTION NUCLEAR POWER TARIFF FUEL OIL WIND SITES AVAILABILITY ONSHORE WIND INVESTMENTS PRICE OF COAL RENEWABLE ENERGY GASES OIL USE FOSSIL COAL PRICE PRICES FOSSIL ENERGY ENERGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26537193/impacts-carbon-pricing-reducing-carbon-intensity-chinas-gdp http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24652