ÜRETİM Mİ, TÜKETİM MI BELİRLEYİCİ? 1990-2015 YILLARINDA TÜRKIYE CO2 EMISYONLARININ KAYNAKLARI VE POLİTİKA ETKİLERİ

Year 2021, Volume: 39 Issue: 3, 359 - 378, 29.09.2021

Ayla Alkan , Ayla Ogus Binatlı

https://doi.org/10.17065/huniibf.823845

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Turkey’s CO2 emissions have been steadily increasing since the 1990s. Determining influences of socioeconomic factors behind this increase can help identify which sectors and what types of policies should be prioritized to go into action. This paper identifies the main contributors to CO2 emissions change within five-year intervals during 1990-2015 by adopting the Structural Decomposition Analysis (SDA) method. The results show that CO2 emissions increase was driven by per capita expenditure and population factors, while emission coefficient factor had a reducing effect on emissions. As the production side factors fell pretty behind the consumption side factors, net emissions was positive and the actual determiner in CO2 emissions was found as consumption. The most contributing sectors were Electricity, Land Transportation and Mineral. Speeding up renewable energy investments and continuing energy efficiency measures, placing a carbon tax on electricity and oil consumption, promoting public transport and use of clean fuels and vehicles, slowing down construction and raising consumer awareness to change their consumption behavior, particularly to reduce demand for high emitting products and services should be the top priority policies.

Keywords

INDC, Arz-kullanım tablosu, yapısal ayrıştırma analizi, CO2 emisyonu

IS PRODUCTION OR CONSUMPTION THE DETERMINER? SOURCES OF TURKEY’S CO2 EMISSIONS BETWEEN 1990-2015 AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Abstract

Turkey’s CO2 emissions have been steadily increasing since the 1990s. Determining influences of socioeconomic factors behind this increase can help identify which sectors and what types of policies should be prioritized to go into action. This paper identifies the main contributors to CO2 emissions change within five-year intervals during 1990-2015 by adopting the Structural Decomposition Analysis (SDA) method. The results show that CO2 emissions increase was driven by per capita expenditure and population factors, while emission coefficient factor had a reducing effect on emissions. As the production side factors fell pretty behind the consumption side factors, net emissions was positive and the actual determiner in CO2 emissions was found as consumption. The most contributing sectors were Electricity, Land Transportation and Mineral. Speeding up renewable energy investments and continuing energy efficiency measures, placing a carbon tax on electricity and oil consumption, promoting public transport and use of clean fuels and vehicles, slowing down construction and raising consumer awareness to change their consumption behavior, particularly to reduce demand for high emitting products and services should be the top priority policies.

Keywords

Supply-Use Table, structural decomposition analysis, CO2 emission, INDC, Turkey

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