All pages with keywords: carbon emissions

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China’s changing economy: implications for its carbon dioxide emissions

a research article by Fergus Green, Nicholas Stern 7 March, 2016

China is undergoing another major structural transformation. It is moving towards a new development model, focused on achieving better quality growth that is more sustainable and inclusive. It … read more »


Evidence on business cycles and CO2 emissions

Evidence on business cycles and CO2 emissions

a research article by Baran Doda 28 June, 2014

CO2 emissions and GDP move together over the business cycle. Most climate change researchers would agree with this statement despite the absence of a study that formally analyzes the relationship between emissions and GDP at business cycle frequencies. The paper provides a rigorous empirical analysis of this relationship in a comprehensive cross-country panel by decomposing the emissions and GDP series into their growth and cyclical components using the HP filter. read more »