Energy-related CO 2 emissions in the China’s iron and steel industry: A global supply chain analysis

摘要

Highlights?Critical supply chain paths involved in CO2emissions in China’s iron and steel industry are analyzed.?Irrationality of energy structure and low efficiency of energy utility lead to the growth of CO2emissions.?CO2emissions increased with the growth of Chinese fixed capital demand and Chinese household demand.?China’s participation in international trade increase CO2emissions.AbstractGiven the increasing pressure on China to lower the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), as the largest manufacturing energy user and main industrial CO2emitter worldwide, the country’s iron and steel industry is vital for making energy savings. Most of the existing researches have used single-sector data (i.e., cross-sectional data or data from