How does digitalization affect carbon emissions in animal husbandry? A new evidence from China

IF 11.2 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Resources Conservation and Recycling Pub Date : 2024-11-30 DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.108040

Dawei He , Xiangzheng Deng , Yunxiao Gao , Xinsheng Wang

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Abstract

Digital development has provided new solutions for emission reduction and is essential to promote sustainable development of animal husbandry. This study uses panel regression model, threshold effect model, and mediating effect model to empirically analyze the impact of digitalization on carbon emission intensity (CEI). The results show that digitalization, especially the development of digital finance and digital industries, significantly reduces CEI of animal husbandry. Economic development produces a single threshold effect with a threshold of -0.321 and industrial specialization produces a double threshold effect with thresholds of 0.455 and 0.592 in the emission reduction effect of digitalization. digitalization reduces CEI through two paths: improving total factor productivity and promoting technological innovation. The inhibitory effect of digitalization on CEI shows distinct heterogeneity. The key to low-carbon development of animal husbandry lies in optimizing factor inputs, promoting technological innovation and guiding the balanced development of digital technology.

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Resources Conservation and Recycling 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

22.90

自引率

6.10%

发文量

625

审稿时长

23 days

期刊介绍： The journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling welcomes contributions from research, which consider sustainable management and conservation of resources. The journal prioritizes understanding the transformation processes crucial for transitioning toward more sustainable production and consumption systems. It highlights technological, economic, institutional, and policy aspects related to specific resource management practices such as conservation, recycling, and resource substitution, as well as broader strategies like improving resource productivity and restructuring production and consumption patterns. Contributions may address regional, national, or international scales and can range from individual resources or technologies to entire sectors or systems. Authors are encouraged to explore scientific and methodological issues alongside practical, environmental, and economic implications. However, manuscripts focusing solely on laboratory experiments without discussing their broader implications will not be considered for publication in the journal.