A research group led by Associate Professor Hidemichi Fujii and Professor Shigemi Kagawa of the Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University is developing a new method for predicting CO2 emissions by sector regarding the impact of urban economic development on changes in COXNUMX emissions. Successful.This research was conducted in collaboration with Assistant Professor Andrew Chapman of the International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy, Professor Shunsuke Manaki of the Faculty of Engineering, and Associate Professor Kazuyuki Iwata of Matsuyama University.
Focusing on the fact that the characteristics of CO3 emissions in cities differ from sector to sector, the joint research group has divided the analysis targets into three categories: "energy sector," "transportation sector," and "housing / industrial sector." We examined the relationship between economic development and CO2 emissions. As a result of examining 26 cities in 276 countries using data from 2000, 2005, and 2008, the turning point where COXNUMX emissions turn to decrease due to the progress of economic development in the transportation sector and the housing / industrial sector. Was suggested to exist.This result was analyzed by developing a new method that applies the analysis method of the "environmental Kuznets curve" that has been developed in the field of environmental economics.
The results obtained from the development of the new method have clarified the "relationship between economic development and COXNUMX emissions," which is important information for effectively reducing COXNUMX emissions in cities.This information is expected to be used as useful information when advancing the formulation of environmental policies such as urban climate change countermeasures in areas where urbanization is rapidly progressing.
Paper information:[Applied Energy] An analysis of urban environmental Kuznets curve of CO2 emissions: Empirical analysis of 276 global metropolitan areas
