Carbon Balance and Management

Industry is the core sector with the most challenging task of carbon emission reduction in China. This paper explores how industrial transformation in China's industrial sector affects carbon emissions. We shed light on the effect of industrial sector transformation on carbon emissions, and divide industrial sector transformation into two aspects: industrial structure optimization and industrial …

The Internet plays a pivotal role in tackling global climate challenges, particularly in facilitating a transition toward low-carbon behavior. However, the mechanisms by which the Internet shapes low-carbon behavior remain inadequately understood. This study investigates the influence of the Internet on low-carbon behavior through three primary pathways: information dissemination, technology adop…

Forests stock up to 90% of the global terrestrial plant biomass carbon (C). Any rise or fall of that stock, but also its utilization for substituting fossil resources can influence the rate of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment. By employing the term 'C sequestration', the ongoing debate suffers, however, from an implicit confusion between (1) processes, rates or fluxes of C (e.g. tree growth)…

Urban traffic and air pollution remain strongly interconnected challenges for big cities. In Jakarta, transportation activity remains one of the primary contributors to carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions and urban heat stress, worsened by high-density land use and limited integration of public transportation. The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily transformed these dynamics through the policy of social mo…

The rapid expansion of the electronics market has led to a sharp increase in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), intensifying environmental pressure and carbon emissions associated with inefficient recycling systems. Traditional WEEE reverse logistics are characterized by high energy consumption and low resource recovery efficiency, limiting their contribution to carbon reduction go…

China is currently the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide and also one of the countries making the greatest efforts to reduce emissions. The Central Yunnan Urban Agglomeration, located in southwest China, sits at the geometric center connecting China with South and Southeast Asia. Positioned at the convergence of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, it represen…

Carbon, as a key element in urban metabolic processes, has received increasing attention. On the basis of data from 197 Chinese cities from 2005 to 2019, we measure the urban carbon metabolism efficiency (CME) via the super-efficiency slacks-based measure (SBM) model and examines the effects and mechanisms of the low-carbon pilot policy (LCPP) on CME through the two-way fixed effect difference-in…

Our research reveals that the carbon sink dynamics in subtropical zone are governed by the interaction of topographic, climate, and human activity. Future efforts must implement zonal management strategies (e.g., conserving mountainous areas and promoting forest-grain intercropping on plains) to bolster forest carbon sinks.

Understanding the coordinated changes in soil carbon and nitrogen is essential for evaluating ecosystem responses to environmental change, particularly in ecologically fragile alpine regions such as the Qilian Mountains. In this study, the denitrification-decomposition (DNDC) model was used to assess the spatiotemporal dynamics of soil organic carbon density (SOCD) and total nitrogen density (STN…

The forest soil carbon pool is a core component of the terrestrial carbon cycle, and its quantity and quality are largely regulated by forest types, thereby influencing the carbon sequestration capacity of forest ecosystems. The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau is one of the regions most sensitive to global climate change, experiencing warming rates higher than the global average and pronounced ecological …

The sharing of private charging pile (PCP) can significantly alleviate the construction pressure on public charging infrastructure and benefit for low carbon travel. However, the PCP sharing is in a nascent state with a low market share in reality. Thus, we construct a comprehensive TAM-UTAUT structural equation model to explore the factors influencing the sharing intention of PCP from 660 survey…

Developing a fair and effective carbon emissions quotas (CEQ) allocation plan is crucial for China. This study uses the constructed threshold-STIRPAT extended model to predict the carbon peak in China's 30 provinces. Secondly, the entropy-TOPSIS method is used to calculate the initial allocation of CEQ based on the principle of fairness and is assessed through the carbon Gini coefficient. Thirdly…

Understanding how major institutional and economic reforms influence environmental outcomes is essential for countries undergoing political transitions. This study examines how Tunisia’s CO₂ emissions trajectory evolved during the post-revolution institutional transition relative to a synthetic counterfactual constructed using the Synthetic Control Method (SCM). Rather than identifying the causal…

Business-government relations (BGR) are widely recognized as an influential factor in firms' strategic decision-making. This study examines the association between BGR and firms' environmental sustainability practices in developing countries. Using firm-level cross sectional data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, the results indicate that stronger BGR are positively associated with the adopt…

Dryland ecosystems, which cover nearly half of the Earth's terrestrial surface, play a considerable role in global carbon dynamics yet remain underrepresented in carbon stock assessments. This study evaluates organic carbon stocks in six protected areas within the hyper-arid AlUla County, Saudi Arabia, focusing on aboveground biomass (AGB) of herbaceous plants, trees and shrubs, as well as soil o…