Title: CO2 emission from cement manufacturing and its driving forces in China

Authors: Yu Liu, Yaoqiu Kuang, Ningsheng Huang, Zhifeng Wu, Cuiping Wang

Addresses: Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 511 Kehua Street, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, PR China. ' Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 511 Kehua Street, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, PR China. ' Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 511 Kehua Street, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, PR China. ' Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 511 Kehua Street, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, PR China. ' Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 511 Kehua Street, Tianhe, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, PR China

Abstract: In China, cement manufacturing has contributed 1788.78 million metric tons of CO2 (carbon equivalent) into atmosphere in the past 35 years (1969-2003). Its driving forces were analysed by a stochastic regression model (STIRPAT), which showed that population was a key driving force and its pressure was higher than the global average level. On the other hand, economic growth had less impact, but a doubling in economic growth might result in nearly doubling in CO2 emissions. In three STIRPAT models, evidence for the existence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) was found, with a turning point well beyond the present value.

Keywords: carbon emissions; carbon dioxide; cement industry; environmental Kuznets curve; EKC; STIRPAT; China; environmental pollution; stochastic regression modelling; air pollution.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2009.026055

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2009 Vol.37 No.4, pp.369 - 382

Published online: 26 May 2009 *

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