Journal article
The multidimensional relationship between renewable energy deployment and carbon dioxide emissions in high-income nations
Npj climate action, v 3(1), pp 107-17
20 Nov 2024
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Abstract
Cross-national research has found that the decarbonization effect of renewable energy development is relatively weak in high-income nations. It is crucial to identify effective points of intervention to enhance renewables’ decarbonization effect. Using a multidimensional analytical framework, this study examines whether certain structural components of high-income nations’ CO
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emissions are particularly susceptible to barriers to decarbonization and therefore are less effectively mitigated by renewable energy development. Analyzing a panel dataset covering 33 high-income nations from 1996 to 2019, I identify a pattern of uneven decarbonization. Renewable energy development has mitigated production-based emissions with increasing effectiveness over time; however, the mitigation effect has been largely confined to emissions from domestic-oriented supply chain activities. Meanwhile, renewables’ inability to mitigate emissions embodied in exports and direct end-user emissions has largely persisted over time. Additionally, developing renewable energy has not spurred growth in emissions in imports, indicating that it has not intensified carbon leakage.
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- Title
- The multidimensional relationship between renewable energy deployment and carbon dioxide emissions in high-income nations
- Creators
- Xiaorui Huang - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Npj climate action, v 3(1), pp 107-17
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group UK; LONDON
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- Drexel University (https://doi.org/10.13039/100008211)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Sociology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001390112900003
- Other Identifier
- 991021965471604721
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