Investigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition

Drivers to CO2 emissions are well-studied in literature. However, previous studies had focused mostly on individual countries or regions, and low to middle income countries are seldom investigated on. In this present work, the contributions of drivers to CO2 emissions, particularly economic activity...

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Autores principales:	Meta Mouy, Neil Stephen Lopez
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Publicado:	AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2021
Materias:	Chemical engineering TP155-156 Computer engineering. Computer hardware TK7885-7895
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:90c0e89adaa047c384051568644ba9832021-11-15T21:47:42ZInvestigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition10.3303/CET21881322283-9216https://doaj.org/article/90c0e89adaa047c384051568644ba9832021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/11925https://doaj.org/toc/2283-9216Drivers to CO2 emissions are well-studied in literature. However, previous studies had focused mostly on individual countries or regions, and low to middle income countries are seldom investigated on. In this present work, the contributions of drivers to CO2 emissions, particularly economic activity and energy intensity, of 195 countries grouped by income level are calculated and compared using the spatial logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method. As different countries belong to various income levels, they can be assumed to represent the future of other countries. Thus, the analysis can produce useful insights to guide the strategic planning of developing countries. Results show that countries generally tend to reduce their energy intensity as their economic activity increases, and this is evident across all income levels. Moreover, outliers such as China, Japan and the United States are seen from the data, and their unique characteristics are explored. Most interestingly, it is observed that the opportunity to decrease energy intensity decreases as the income levels rise, and this is most challenging for the lower-middle income countries. The results of this study suggest that the lower-middle income countries would mostly require international support to meet their climate change mitigation targets, and this would require further investigation and validation from other researchers.Meta MouyNeil Stephen LopezAIDIC Servizi S.r.l.articleChemical engineeringTP155-156Computer engineering. Computer hardwareTK7885-7895ENChemical Engineering Transactions, Vol 88 (2021)
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description	Drivers to CO2 emissions are well-studied in literature. However, previous studies had focused mostly on individual countries or regions, and low to middle income countries are seldom investigated on. In this present work, the contributions of drivers to CO2 emissions, particularly economic activity and energy intensity, of 195 countries grouped by income level are calculated and compared using the spatial logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method. As different countries belong to various income levels, they can be assumed to represent the future of other countries. Thus, the analysis can produce useful insights to guide the strategic planning of developing countries. Results show that countries generally tend to reduce their energy intensity as their economic activity increases, and this is evident across all income levels. Moreover, outliers such as China, Japan and the United States are seen from the data, and their unique characteristics are explored. Most interestingly, it is observed that the opportunity to decrease energy intensity decreases as the income levels rise, and this is most challenging for the lower-middle income countries. The results of this study suggest that the lower-middle income countries would mostly require international support to meet their climate change mitigation targets, and this would require further investigation and validation from other researchers.
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title	Investigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition
title_short	Investigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition
title_full	Investigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition
title_fullStr	Investigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition
title_sort	investigating the relationship between economic activity and energy intensity of low- to high-income countries using spatial decomposition
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Investigating the Relationship between Economic Activity and Energy Intensity of Low- to High-Income Countries using Spatial Decomposition

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