An Empirical Study of the Carbon Emission Kuznets Curve in Tianjin

Abstract

With the reform and opening up, China's economy had developed with high speed, but the problem of carbon emissions has become increasingly prominent. Based on the traditional environmental Kuznets model, this paper studies the relationship between carbon emissions and economic growth in Tianjin from 2009 to 2018, and considers three control variables of industrial structure, energy intensity and urbanization level. The impact of carbon emissions, the establishment of an extended Kuznets model for comprehensive analysis. The results show that: First, there is no inverted “U” relationship between industrial carbon emissions and economic growth in Tianjin, it is a kind of inverted “N” type curve relationship, and it is currently at the second turning point. Second, Tianjin's carbon emissions are also affected by industrial structure, energy intensity and urbanization rate. The share of secondary industry and energy intensity have a positive impact on carbon dioxide emissions, and the impact of urbanization on carbon emissions is also very low.