Research Article
The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Carbon Emissions
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328749, author={Yueqi Zhang}, title={The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Carbon Emissions}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Big Data Economy and Information Management, BDEIM 2022, December 2-3, 2022, Zhengzhou, China}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={BDEIM}, year={2023}, month={6}, keywords={digital economy; carbon emission intensity; energy structure}, doi={10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328749} }- Yueqi Zhang
Year: 2023
The Impact of Digital Economy on Regional Carbon Emissions
BDEIM
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328749
Abstract
China is currently transitioning to a digital economy. Simultaneously, "carbon peaking" and "carbon neutralization" are significant challenges at this stage. What the digital economy can do to help reduce carbon emissions is an urgent topic that needs to be addressed. How-ever, empirical research on the digital economy and carbon emissions remains limited. In light of this, this paper examines the impact of digital economy development on regional carbon emission intensity and its mechanism using provincial panel data from 2011 to 2018.After undergoing a number of robustness tests, it is discovered that the growth of the digital economy has significantly decreased the intensity of local carbon emissions. The degree to which the digital economy has affected carbon emission intensity varies.