Can China's carbon trading policy help achieve Carbon Neutrality? — A study of policy effects from the Five-sphere Integrated Plan perspective
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The carbon trading policy seeks to control carbon emissions by putting a price on carbon emissions and establishing a corresponding carbon market for trading. It is a significant move by China to address climate issues and achieve its Carbon Neutrality target. Therefore, assessing the policy effects of carbon trading is fundamental to its implementation nationwide. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2008 to 2018, this paper uses the Synthetic Control Method and Differences-in-Differences method to assess the effects of carbon trading policy on achieving Carbon Neutrality. By measuring the net carbon emissions, this research explores the level of Carbon Neutrality in each region. Based on the Five-sphere Integrated Plan (which covers the economy, politics, culture, social and ecological civilization), this research further verifies the impact paths of carbon trading policy on Carbon Neutrality. The results show that: First, carbon trading policy has a significant and sustainable effect on Carbon Neutrality. Second, from the perspective of the Five-sphere Integrated Plan, the carbon trading policy can help to reduce carbon sources and increase carbon sinks by adjusting the industrial structure, coordinating low-carbon policies, promoting cultural dissemination, increasing green space construction, and reducing energy intensity to achieve Carbon Neutrality. Third, cultural construction plays the most significant role in mediating carbon trading and Carbon Neutrality, followed by political construction.
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Carbon emissions decreased dramatically in several provinces following the implementation of China's carbon trading policy.
“The findings indicated that carbon emissions decreased dramatically in several provinces following the implementation of the carbon trading policy.”
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The continued implementation of a carbon trading policy would result in carbon neutrality.
“Additionally, the research demonstrated that the continued implementation of a carbon trading policy would result in carbon neutrality (Wang et al. 2022).”
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- Authors
- Wang, X., Huang, J., & Liu, H.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai University (CN)
- Tongji University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, Hongda
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-03
- Volume
- 305
- Pages
- 114357
- ISSN
- 0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4200362590
- Semantic Scholar
- a999ecc77376860b5d541955d8d4a539896d719b
- Cited by
- 210
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 44
- FWCI
- 28.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Policies
- Keywords
- emissions trading, carbon neutrality, CO2 emissions, policy impact, industrial restructuring, low-carbon policy, cultural construction, political construction, energy intensity, carbon sink, China
- MeSH terms
- Greenhouse Gases, Carbon, China, Policy, Carbon Sequestration
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