ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Analysis of Characteristics and Factors Influencing
Urban Carbon Emissions Based on Decoupling
Index and LMDI, Using Ordos City in Inner
Mongolia as an Example
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College of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
Submission date: 2022-02-06
Final revision date: 2022-07-02
Acceptance date: 2022-07-15
Online publication date: 2022-10-12
Publication date: 2022-12-08
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Ruiping Zhou
College of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(6):5649-5660
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Considering China’s goal of achieving peak carbon emissions in 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2060,
this paper analyzes carbon emissions, carbon emission intensity, the decoupling of carbon emissions
and economic development, and associated influencing factors using data from Ordos City from 2009
to 2020. The methods employed are the IPCC carbon emission calculation method, Tapio decoupling
model, and logarithmic average Dickens index decomposition. The results show the following:
(1) During the study period, Ordos City carbon emissions showed an increasing trend, and the total
carbon emissions increased from 5.634 billion tons in 2009 to 204.734 million tons in 2020, with an
average annual growth rate of 13.77%. (2) The decoupling elasticity of Ordos City from 2009 to 2016
was 1.26, which is the expansion negative decoupling state. From 2016 to 2020, the decoupling elasticity
was -3.2657, showing a strong negative decoupling state. (3) The increase in population and per capita
GDP in Ordos are the main factors contributing to the increase of carbon emissions, and the main
negative growth driver is the increase in energy intensity.