Regional Differences in Agricultural Carbon Emissions in China: Measurement, Decomposition, and Influencing Factors

As one of the major sources of carbon emissions, the significant spatial disparities in agricultural carbon emissions (ACE) pose a serious challenge to coordinated regional carbon reduction efforts. In order to precisely identify the sources of these ACE differences, this study estimates the ACE of China from 2005 to 2020 across four main emission sources and applies the bidimensional decomposition method of the Gini coefficient to measure and decompose their spatial disparities. Finally, the key factors driving ACE disparities are analyzed using the Quadratic Assignment Procedure (QAP). The results show that China’s total ACE initially declined, followed by an upward trend over the study period. Spatially,…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 72373044, 72203197
• NS
  Nanhu Scholars Program for Young Scholars of Xinyang Normal University

  Award: 2022- XYNU -010