Enlarging or narrowing? Exploring the impact of energy poverty on carbon inequality in China
Zhao C. Zhai X. Liu Z. Song C.
February 2025Elsevier Ltd
Utilities Policy
2025#92
This paper investigates the impact of energy poverty eradication on carbon inequality mitigation in China. First, we find that energy poverty positively correlates with carbon inequality, indicating that alleviating energy poverty narrows the inequality of carbon emissions. Second, alleviating energy poverty is especially crucial in regions facing a more deteriorated situation characterized by energy poverty and carbon inequality. Third, environmental protection expenditures are a mediator and can also directly tackle carbon inequality. Fourth, energy poverty inhibits technological innovation and leads to more traditional energy consumption, undermining the energy transition.
Carbon inequality , China , Energy poverty
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School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100029, China
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Department of International Relations and World Economy, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Higher Information Industry Technology Research Institute, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, 100192, China
School of International Trade and Economics
School of Geography
Department of International Relations and World Economy
Department of Chemical Engineering
Higher Information Industry Technology Research Institute
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