The extent to which natural capital can be substituted with manufactured or human capital in
production is a key determinant of the possibility of long-run sustainable economic …

Based on micro-level enterprise panel data from 2005 to 2014, a slack-based global data
envelopment analysis (DEA) model and a global Malmquist-Luenberger index model are …

The carbonisation of energy structures is a principal reason for the high carbon levels of
carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions in the steel industry. The implementation of an energy …

To promote the sustainable development of the iron and steel industry (ISI), evaluation
methods and influencing factors of energy efficiency have been studied in the past decades …

To put the brakes on global climate change, China, the world's top emitter, has established
ambitious CO 2 emissions reduction targets. Industry-level emissions analysis can help …

China is the world's largest producer and consumer of non-ferrous metals, and the non-
ferrous metals industry is energy-and emission-intensive. The CO 2 emissions of the …

Energy saving and reduction in Shanxi Province have special significance to China's
sustainable development. This study firstly analyze principal local and national energy …

The blind expansion and increasing carbon emissions of the coal-fired power generation
industry in China have attracted wide attention at home and abroad. To detect the technical …

Thermal power plants are the main source of carbon dioxide emissions in China. Beijing-
Tianjin-Hebei and their neighborhood provinces are the most polluted regions in China …

The Swiss metals sector, comprised of manufacturing basic metals and fabricated metal
products, is responsible for nearly 14% of total final energy (TFE) demand of the Swiss …