Research on Driving Factors of China′s Marine Fisheries Carbon Emissions Based on STIRPAT Model

Abstract

Based on the ORNL carbon emission measurement method, the marine fishery carbon emissions of 11 coastal provinces in China were calculated from 2009 to 2018, and by adding factors such as fiscal decentralization and industrial structure, the traditional STIRPAT model was expanded to examine the driving factors of China′s marine fishery carbon emissions. The research results showed that: fiscal decentralization, economic development level, industrial structure and scientific research investment are important driving factors for China′s marine fishery carbon emissions. Among them, due to the imperfect fiscal decentralization system and other reasons, fiscal decentralization has become a positive driving factor for marine fishery carbon emissions. The positive impact of economic development level on marine fishery carbon emissions gradually weakened with the increase of economic development level. Industrial structure and scientific research investment were the negative driving factors of marine fishery carbon emissions. Based on this, the paper proposed to optimize and improve the fiscal decentralization structure and government assessment mechanism, increase scientific research investment, optimize the industrial structure, and promote the low-carbon development of marine fisheries.

Keywords

• marine fisheries
• carbon emission
• stirpat model
• economic development
• maritime power