Carbon Emission Risk and Governance  

作　　者：Lu Jiang Xiaokang Hu Gangfeng Zhang Yanqiang Chen Honglin Zhong Peijun Shi 

机构地区：[1]Academy of Plateau Science and Sustainability,People’s Government of Qinghai Province and Beijing Normal University,Xining 810016,China [2]State Key Laboratory of Surface Processes and Resource Ecology,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China [3]Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management,Ministry of Emergency Management and Ministry of Education,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China [4]Faculty of Geographical Science,Beijing Normal University,Beijing 100875,China [5]Institute of Blue and Green Development,Weihai Institute of Interdisciplinary Research,Shandong University,Weihai 264209,China

出　　处：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》2022年第2期249-260,共12页国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(Grant No.2019QZKK0606);the Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai Province(Grant No.2022-ZJ-937Q);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42001130);the Special Project for Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Qinghai Province:Qinghai National Clean Energy Industry Highland Construction Resource Dynamic Guarantee and Ecological Environment“Trade-Off”Evaluation Technology Research and Development Project;the Program of Introducing Talent to Universities(111 Project,Grant No.BP0820003)。

摘　　要：Within the hazard and disaster risk research field, explicitly treating carbon emissions as a hazard remains rather nascent. Applying hazard and disaster risk research perspectives to seek new insights on integrated mitigation and adaptation approaches and policy measures is equally elusive. Since China’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, the ‘‘dual carbon” goals of carbon emission peaking and neutrality have stimulated nationwide attention, research, and policies and action plans.How to ensure that the transition pathways are on track and well-contextualized is one of the crucial challenges for policymakers and practitioners. This article examines the‘‘risks” of missing the carbon neutrality goal at a regional scale in China, denoted as Carbon Emission Risk(CER).Carbon emissions(CE) as hazard, combined with the human socioeconomic system as exposure and human living environment, constitute the regional carbon emission environmental risk system. The ‘‘risks” of missing(or achieving) the carbon neutrality target for any region at any time, the article argues, is essentially determined by the ratio of CE to carbon absorption(CA, for uptake and removal). These variables are modified by a broadly defined ‘‘vulnerability coefficient”(Cv) that embodies both the potential for changes(decreasing CE and increasing CA), and the uncertainties of measuring CE and CA. Thus,the ratio of CE to CA is a measure of reality at any moment of time, whereas Cv indicates the overall propensity or capacity for moving the CE/CA ratio towards 1, that is,realizing carbon neutrality. Based on our calculation, CER at the provincial level in eastern China is higher than in western China. The article also calls for strengthening CER research and summarizes key measures for carbon emission risk governance.

关 键 词：Carbon emission risks Carbon neutrality Low-carbon economy Risk governance Vulnerability coefficient 

分 类 号：X321[环境科学与工程—环境工程]