Estimating the Macroeconomic Costs of CO2 Emission Reduction in China Based on Multi-objective Programming

摘要

This paper estimates the macroeconomic costs of CO_2 emission reduction in China employing the input-output analysis with the multi-objective programming approach.The results show that the effect of reducing CO_2 emissions on China's economy is significant.Under the present conditions,the estimated macroeconomic costs of CO_2 emission reduction in 2010 for China are approximately 3,100-4,024 RMB t^(-1).The stronger the abatement actions,the higher the macroeconomic costs of per unit emission reduction would be.Excavation industry,oil industry,chemical industry,and metal smelting industry have high potential to abate their CO_2 emissions.