The impact of China's western development strategy on energy conservation and emission reduction

C Zheng, F Deng, C Li, Z Yang - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2022 - Elsevier
Promoting energy conservation and emission reduction is crucial for achieving green and
sustainable economic development worldwide. China's Western Development Strategy …

How to achieve China's CO2 emission reduction targets by provincial efforts?–an analysis based on generalized Divisia index and dynamic scenario simulation

X Zhang, Y Geng, S Shao, H Dong, R Wu, T Yao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
China has set a series of periodical CO 2 emission reduction targets, with a goal of peaking
CO 2 emission by 2030. Due to China's large size and imbalanced development, the …

The effects of low-carbon pilot policy on technological innovation: Evidence from prefecture-level data in China

C Zhu, CC Lee - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Using a balance panel dataset of 278 Chinese cities, this study is the first to employ a spatial
difference-in-differences (SDID) approach to investigate both the direct and indirect effects of …

Does enterprise digital transformation contribute to the carbon emission reduction? Micro-level evidence from China

Y Shang, SA Raza, Z Huo, U Shahzad… - International Review of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy saving, emission reduction and low carbon development are the key contents to
promote sustainable development in the world, which are also important paths to achieve …

Does public participation promote environmental efficiency? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment of environmental information disclosure in China

H Zhang, T Xu, C Feng - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous literature on improving environmental efficiency largely focuses on the power of the
government, ignoring the role of public participation represented by environmental non …

How technological progress affects the carbon emission efficiency? Evidence from national panel quantile regression

Z Xie, R Wu, S Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
In the social context of enhancing environmental quality and mitigating climate change, the
improvement of carbon emission efficiency has emerged as a hot topic recently due to its …

Green financial system regulation shock and greenwashing behaviors: Evidence from Chinese firms

D Zhang - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between extreme events and firms' green behavior is vital in
the study of green finance since extreme events have strong effects on green financial risk …

Going carbon-neutral in China: Does the low-carbon city pilot policy improve carbon emission efficiency?

H Zhang, C Feng, X Zhou - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
To combat climate change and move towards carbon neutrality, China has implemented the
low-carbon city pilot (LCCP) policy since 2010, with carrying out three batches of pilot cities …

The policy outcomes of low-carbon city construction on urban green development: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment conducted in China

S Qiu, Z Wang, S Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The low-carbon city pilot (LCCP) policy aims to implement a scientific model for low-carbon
economic development, which not only completes carbon reduction targets on time, but is …

Trade openness, economic growth, and energy intensity in China

S Chen, H Zhang, S Wang - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing demand for energy and the associated pressure of environmental pollution has
drawn considerable attention from the Chinese government. Reducing energy intensity in …