Analysis on the Status and Influencing Factors of Industrial Carbon Emissions in Northeast China

This paper calculates the carbon emissions in the three northeastern provinces from 1997 to 2011 by using carbon formula, and compares the differences of the carbon emissions among the three provinces. Based on the LMDI model, the paper reveals the influences of every factor on the industrial carbon emissions. The population, economic development and industrialization rate are the pull factors in the increasing industrial carbon emissions, and the economic development is the main reason, followed by industrialization rate, the population has the least impact. The energy efficiency and structure of energy consumption are the inhibitory factors in the increasing industrial carbon emissions, energy efficiency is the most important factor to reduce industrial carbon emissions, and structure of energy consumption has a small impact on the industrial carbon emissions.