In order to achieve sustainable development and find a “win-win” path combining lowered carbon emissions and economic prosperity, a policy of piloting low-carbon cities has been implemented in China. Based on data from A-share listed enterprises from 2008 to 2017, this study empirically...

This paper answers the question of whether China can realize its target to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per unit of GDP that was announced at the Copenhagen Conference by forecasting CO2 emission intensity in 2020 from the perspective of China’s coal-fired thermal...