Study of the impact of industrial restructuring on the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions: empirical data from China

Reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions is China's solemn commitment to solving the problem of climate change and building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind. By constructing a noncompetitive hybrid input-output table, this paper investigates the effect of industrial restructuring on the intensity of CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions. According to the study, industrial restructuring from 1994 to 2008 increased CO2 emission intensity in most sectors, with a particularly significant contribution in sectors with high CO2 emission intensity. The suppression effect of industrial restructuring on the intensity of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in various sectors is limited, with an impact of no more than 11%, but the reduction effect on sectors with high intensity of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions is relatively significant. From 2008 to 2015, more than 92% of all industrial sectors reduced their own greenhouse gas emission intensity as a result of industrial restructuring, with a significant curbing effect on CO2.