The Analysis on the Factors of CO2 Emission in Households Sector in China

Since 1998, as the economy develops rapidly in China, the level of the standard living for the domestic people is elevated quite fast. The energy consumption in households increases quickly due to the improvement of the residents' standard of living. The emission load of CO2 from energy end-use consumption in households increases year by year and it is becoming a an important source of the national total CO2 emission load. With the LMDI factor decomposition method, this paper analyzes the factors which influence the emission load of CO2 from energy end-use consumption in households. The result shows that decreasing the energy end-use consumption intensity in households and increasing the ratio of the new energy along with lifting the ratio of the urban population are all the important factors to reduce the emission load of CO2 from energy end-use consumption in households sector in China.