Carbon emissions, energy consumption and economic growth: Evidence from the agricultural sector of China's main grain-producing areas

被引:306
作者
Zhang, Lu [1 ,2 ]
Pang, Jiaxing [1 ,2 ]
Chen, Xingpeng [1 ,2 ]
Lu, Zhongmingnan [1 ]
机构
[1] Lanzhou Univ, Coll Earth & Environm Sci, 222 Tianshui South Rd, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China
[2] Lanzhou Univ, Inst Circular Econ Western China, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 国家重点研发计划;
关键词
Agricultural carbon emissions; Agricultural energy consumption; Agricultural economic growth; ARDL; China's main grain-producing areas; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; CO2; EMISSIONS; DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; NEXUS; ARDL; REDUCTION; COUNTRIES; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.162
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
China is currently the world's largest carbon emitter. As a large agricultural country, understanding the relationship between carbon emissions, economic growth and energy consumption in the agricultural sector can contribute to achieving the sustainable development of agriculture. Hence, this paper aims to investigate the relationship between carbon emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in the agricultural sector using a time series of data from China's main grain-producing areas during the period between 1996 and 2015. We first estimate the agricultural carbon emissions. And then based on the estimated results, we employ the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model, the Granger causality test based on the vector error correction model (VECM), and impulse response and variance decomposition to test the relationship between carbon emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in the agricultural sector. The estimated results support the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis for agricultural carbon emissions in China's main grain-producing areas. Furthermore, agricultural energy consumption has both the short-run and the long-run negative impacts on agricultural carbon emissions. In addition, we find that there is a bidirectional causality between agricultural carbon emissions and agricultural economic growth in both the short-run and the long-run, and the unidirectional causalities are found to exist from agricultural energy consumption to agricultural carbon emissions and agricultural economic growth. Finally, several policy recommendations are offered to promote the sustainable development of agriculture in China's main grain-producing areas. (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1017 / 1025
页数:9
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