support from the MOE Key Research Project in Philosophy and Social Sciences(NO.11JZD025);the Youth Project of the Natural Science Foundation(NO.71103066);the MOE Youth Project in Humanities and Social Sciences(NO.11YJC790226)
The worldwide increase in consumption levels is a major cause of the dramatic rise in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A thorough understanding of the dynamics of consumption-based carbon emissions and the factors in...