Carbon Reduction Policies: A Regional Comparison of Their Contributions to CO2 Abatement in Six Carbon Trading Pilot Schemes in China

The contributions of carbon reduction policies were evaluated and compared for six carbon trading pilot schemes in China, in four municipalities(Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Chongqing) and two provinces(Guangdong and Hubei). The carbon emissions accounting method of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was used to calculate the actual CO2 and the support vector machine model was used to predict CO2. Chinese carbon reduction policies abated CO2 in the six carbon trading pilot schemes after the comprehensive policies came into force. However, the contribution of policies to CO2 abatement varied among regions, and the effect of carbon reduction policy on municipality pilot schemes was greater than on provincial pilot schemes. The largest contribution of carbon reduction policy to CO2 abatement was 28.3%, for the pilot carbon trading scheme in Beijing, and the smallest contribution was 3.7%, for that in Hubei. It is crucial to consider “carbon leakage” and a carbon trading linking program in order to evaluate the effects of carbon reduction policies.     

中国民航参与国家碳市场框架方案研究

基于民航业特点及中国民航发展阶段,提出中国民航参与国家碳市场的框架性方案,重点对中国航空CO2排放总量控制目标设计及目标分解方案进行了论述,并从公平性和经济成本角度对所提方案进行分析。分析的结论是:方案不会在中国航空企业之间造成实质性竞争扭曲,不同情景下行业购买碳配额的成本每年增加1.7亿~14.3亿美元,若考虑中国民航至少60%的成本转嫁能力,方案不会对中国民航发展造成严重制约。