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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Environmental Economics and Management
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2024.1404760
This article is part of the Research Topic Greenhouse Gas Emission (GHG) Reduction and Economic Structural Transformation View all 17 articles

Spatial differentiation and functional zoning of carbon budget: Evidence from Jiangxi Province

Provisionally accepted
  • 1 School of Economics and Management, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
  • 2 Jiangxi Research Center for Three Rural Issues, Nanchang, China
  • 3 School of Economics and Management, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
  • 4 School of Business, Guangzhou College of Technology and Business, Guangzhou, China

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    Regional carbon budget and compensation are one of the current research hotspots, which is of great practical significance for dealing with climate change and promoting the coordinated development of low carbon. Based on energy consumption and land use data, a carbon budget and carbon compensation measurement model was established to analyze the change characteristics and spatial differentiation of the carbon budget of 11 prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi Province from 2010 to 2020 and carry out functional zoning and further calculate the carbon compensation value of each prefecture-level city. The results showed that: (1) During the study period, the carbon emissions in Jiangxi Province showed an increasing trend, with an average annual growth rate of 6.00 million tons, showing a spatial distribution pattern of "high in the west and low in the east." The province was mainly represented by net carbon sources. (2) During the study period, forest land in Jiangxi Province was the main carbon sink. The carbon sink absorption capacity declined from 60.56 million tons in 2010 to 59.69 million tons in 2020. (3) The regional difference in the economic contribution coefficient of prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi Province is relatively tiny. The ecological support coefficient has apparent spatial heterogeneity, showing a spatial distribution feature of "high in the south and low in the north." (4) The 11 prefecture-level cities in Jiangxi Province could be divided into four regions: carbon sink functional area, low-carbon optimization area, total carbon control area, and carbon intensity control area. By calculating the carbon compensation value and according to the difference in carbon compensation value, the 11 perfectly-level cities in Jiangxi province are divided into four high compensation areas, three low compensation areas, and four compensated areas. The larger the carbon budget is, the higher the carbon compensation amount, conversely, the smaller the budget, the more carbon compensation amount can be obtained. According to the above conclusions, 11 prefecture-level cities should improve emission reduction mechanisms, strengthen the management of forest land utilization. Meanwhile, Jiangxi Province should formulate differentiated development and compensation strategies should be developed to promote low-carbon, coordinated and sustainable development among regions.

    Keywords: carbon budget, Spatial differentiation, Functional zoning, Compensation, Double carbon target

    Received: 22 Mar 2024; Accepted: 31 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Wenmei, Jiang, Zou, Wang, Qiu and Sun. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Shuie Sun, School of Business, Guangzhou College of Technology and Business, Guangzhou, China

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