Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses
This paper investigates factors behind the growth of carbon dioxide emissions over the 35 years between 1980 and 2015 in more than 100 countries, using an index decomposition technique (the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index). The results are further c...
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okr-10986-299302021-06-08T14:42:46Z Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses Dong, Kangyin Hochman, Gal Timilsina, Govinda R. CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS POLLUTION DRIVING FORCES LMDI METHOD CLIMATE CHANGE ENERGY EFFICIENCY RENEWABLE ENERGY This paper investigates factors behind the growth of carbon dioxide emissions over the 35 years between 1980 and 2015 in more than 100 countries, using an index decomposition technique (the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index). The results are further confirmed using an econometric technique (the general method of moments). The study finds that economic growth, measurred in per capita gross domestic product, and population growth are the main drivers of the growth of carbon dioxide emissions during 1980–2015. Although economic growth is mainly responsible for the growth of emissions in high-, upper-middle-, and lower-middle-income countries, population growth that is primarily responsilble for it in low-income countries. More than 70 percent of the global growth in carbon dioxide emissions over the past 35 years was contributed by upper-middle-income countries. Improved energy efficiency, reflected in the declining energy intensity of gross domestic product, has substantially contributed to limit global carbon dioxide emissions at the current level; otherwise, the world's current carbon dioxide emissions would have been 40 percent higher. Despite the recent rapid expansion of renewable energy, its contribution to slowing the growth of global carbon dioxide emissions is not noticeable yet, due to its small share in the global energy supply mix. 2018-06-27T21:27:13Z 2018-06-27T21:27:13Z 2018-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/777121529433693727/Are-driving-forces-of-CO2-emissions-different-across-countries-insights-from-identity-and-econometric-analyses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29930 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8477 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS POLLUTION DRIVING FORCES LMDI METHOD CLIMATE CHANGE ENERGY EFFICIENCY RENEWABLE ENERGY Dong, Kangyin Hochman, Gal Timilsina, Govinda R. Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses |
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This paper investigates factors behind
the growth of carbon dioxide emissions over the 35 years
between 1980 and 2015 in more than 100 countries, using an
index decomposition technique (the Logarithmic Mean Divisia
Index). The results are further confirmed using an
econometric technique (the general method of moments). The
study finds that economic growth, measurred in per capita
gross domestic product, and population growth are the main
drivers of the growth of carbon dioxide emissions during
1980–2015. Although economic growth is mainly responsible
for the growth of emissions in high-, upper-middle-, and
lower-middle-income countries, population growth that is
primarily responsilble for it in low-income countries. More
than 70 percent of the global growth in carbon dioxide
emissions over the past 35 years was contributed by
upper-middle-income countries. Improved energy efficiency,
reflected in the declining energy intensity of gross
domestic product, has substantially contributed to limit
global carbon dioxide emissions at the current level;
otherwise, the world's current carbon dioxide emissions
would have been 40 percent higher. Despite the recent rapid
expansion of renewable energy, its contribution to slowing
the growth of global carbon dioxide emissions is not
noticeable yet, due to its small share in the global energy
supply mix. |
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Dong, Kangyin Hochman, Gal Timilsina, Govinda R. |
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Dong, Kangyin Hochman, Gal Timilsina, Govinda R. |
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Dong, Kangyin |
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Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses |
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Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses |
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Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses |
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Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses |
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Are Driving Forces of CO2 Emissions Different across Countries? : Insights from Identity and Econometric Analyses |
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are driving forces of co2 emissions different across countries? : insights from identity and econometric analyses |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/777121529433693727/Are-driving-forces-of-CO2-emissions-different-across-countries-insights-from-identity-and-econometric-analyses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29930 |
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