Empirical Research on the Influencing Factors of the Low-Carbon Economy Development in Heilongjiang Province-Extension Based STIRPAT Model Analysis

The characteristics of low-carbon economy is to build the economy development system based on low energy consumption and low pollution, including low-carbon energy system, low-carbon technology and low-carbon industrial system, which takes reducing greenhouse gas emission as the target. The development of low-carbon economy is not only the objective requirement of improving energy utilization efficiency and adjusting economic growth pattern, but an important measure to tackle climate change and improve the happiness of people. On the basis of carbon emission estimation of primary energy consumption from 2000 to 2014 in Heilongjiang Province adopting carbon emission coefficient, this paper brings population structure and industrial structure into the STIRPAT model and conducts empirical research on the carbon emission in Heilongjiang Province and its influencing factors applying multiple regression quantitative analysis method. The results indicate that economic growth and improvement of urbanization rate exert evident positive impact on the increase of carbon emission in Heilongjiang Province while the energy intensity exerts inhibiting effect on the increase of carbon emission. Based on the results, this paper further proposes countermeasures and suggestions to realize the development of low-carbon economy like pushing industrial structural transformation, strengthening energy conservation and emission reduction technological innovation and reducing the cost of emission reduction.