Title: Analysis of carbon emission and its influencing factors of Shanghai's textile and apparel industry

Authors: Yunfeng Chen; Yiduo Yang; Lirong Sun; Yuelei Shen; Laili Wang; Xiaopeng Wang

Addresses: Faculty of Qixin, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China ' School of Fashion Design and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China ' Office for Social Responsibility of China National Textile and Apparel Council, 100027 Beijing, China ' School of Fashion Design and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China ' Zhejiang Provincial Research Center of Clothing Engineering Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Silk and Fashion Culture Research Center of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Key Laboratory of Silk Culture Heritage and Products Design Digital Technology, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China ' Institute of Science and Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Zhejiang Academy of Ecological Civilization, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 310018 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Abstract: This research calculated the amount of carbon emission and carbon emission intensity of Shanghai's textile and apparel industry from 2001 to 2014. Logarithmic mean Divisia index method was applied to identify the factors that affect the carbon emission and decoupling model was used to prove the relationship between economic output and carbon emission. The results showed that the total amount of carbon emission of Shanghai's textile and apparel industry decreased with fluctuation from 2001 to 2014. Among the three sub-industries, textile industry made the greatest contribution to the total carbon emission, and the carbon emission intensity of textile industry also was the largest. Industrial technology was the major driving factor of the mitigation of carbon emission of Shanghai's textile and apparel industry while industrial scale was the major inhibiting factor. Economic output and carbon emission of Shanghai's textile and apparel industry showed a coupling relationship in most years of the selected research time series.

Keywords: decoupling relationship; textile and apparel industry; carbon emission; decomposition.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2021.118355

International Journal of Global Warming, 2021 Vol.25 No.2, pp.123 - 134

Received: 10 Aug 2020
Accepted: 18 Jan 2021
Published online: 23 Oct 2021 *

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