Decarbonization of Vietnam’s economy-Decomposing the drivers for a low-carbon growth
- Abstract
- Vietnam has witnessed a rapid increase in national-level CO2 emissions due to rising urbanization, economic expansion, export
growth, and industrial development. Moreover, to support the ambitious economic growth targets, reliance on and consumption
of fossil fuels are increasing by each passing year. With this circumstance, this study aims to analyze the key drivers of CO2
emissions in Vietnam from 1990 to 2016 using the Kaya identity and decomposition method. Following this approach, CO2
emissions have been decomposed into five effect categories comprising population, affluence, energy intensity, fuel mix, and
emission intensity. As per the results, CO2 emissions in Vietnam were mainly driven by rising affluence (58.5%) and changing
fuel mix (33.2%) which have resulted from improved living standards, rapid industrial development, and higher fossil fuel
consumption. Moreover, population (13.8%) and emission intensity (3.1%) exhibited a relatively lower impact on CO2 emissions
during 1990?2016. However, energy intensity (? 8.7%) was the only negative driver which has resulted in the slowdown of
carbon emissions in Vietnam. Based on the analysis of energy policy development, the share of renewable energy resources was
still quite low in the national energy mix with higher reliance on traditional fossil fuels (mainly coal and petroleum). Therefore, to
make a transition towards low-carbon economic growth, significant improvements in energy efficiency and emission intensity
are necessary together with national energy mix restructuring for low-carbon economic growth
- Author(s)
- 따 티 흐엉; 샤 이자르 후세인; 박흥석
- Issued Date
- 2021
- Type
- Article
- Keyword
- Air quality management; Alternative energy sources; Analysis; Aquatic Pollution; AtmosphericProtection/Air Quality Control/AirPollution; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Carbon Dioxide - analysis; Developing countries; Earth and Environmental Science; Economic aspects; Economic Development; Ecotoxicology; Emissions (Pollution); Energy efficiency; Energy minerals; Energy policy; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Fossil Fuels; general; Green technology; Real estate development; Research Article; Urbanization; Vietnam; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11356-020-10481-0
- URI
- https://oak.ulsan.ac.kr/handle/2021.oak/9290
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- Publisher
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
- Location
- 독일
- Language
- 영어
- ISSN
- 0944-1344
- Citation Volume
- 28
- Citation Number
- 1
- Citation Start Page
- 518
- Citation End Page
- 529
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