Abstract
At present, the trend of central cities leading the development of urban agglomerations and urban agglomerations driving regional development is becoming more and more significant. Based on the panel data of 16 cities in the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration from 2010 to 2015, this paper uses a fixedeffect model to study the relationship between industrial development and energy efficiency in urban agglomerations, central cities, and surrounding cities. The empirical results show that for the overall urban agglomerations, central cities and surrounding cities, the scale of the secondary industry has a negative correlation with energy consumption per unit of GDP. Industrial development will increase the total energy consumption, but it also contributes to energy efficiency. In order to achieve the goal of "carbon peak and carbon neutrality", cities must find a balance in development and seek ecological protection during development.
Highlights
With the increasing impact of greenhouse gases on the global environment, my country will increase its national independent contribution, adopt more powerful policies and measures, strive to reach the peak of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
In 2021, the “Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality” of the National Two Sessions was included in the government work report for the first time
In the context of increasing attention to environmental protection, exploring the relationship between industrial development and energy consumption in urban agglomerations is of great significance for improving the land and space environment and achieving high-quality development
Summary
With the increasing impact of greenhouse gases on the global environment, my country will increase its national independent contribution, adopt more powerful policies and measures, strive to reach the peak of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. At the Central Economic Work Conference in December 2020, it was once again emphasized that “doing a good job in carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” will be one of the eight key tasks in 2021. Improving energy efficiency is an important means to achieve the goal of “carbon peak and carbon neutrality”. The impact of urban agglomeration industry development on energy efficiency is mainly reflected in the following aspects. 2.3 Large-scale production reduces energy consumption per unit product The inner space of the urban agglomeration is vast, which can accommodate more enterprises. Industrial development produces technological space overflow, unit product cost reduction and production factors flow, which brings economic development and scale improvement, and contributes to the improvement of energy utilization efficiency[1]
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