Table 2 Details of the indicators in the climate change mitigation index.
Categories and weighting | Indicators and weighting | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Emissions 60% | Emissions level 30% | Energy consumption per capita | 15% | Total energy consumption includes coal, oil, gas and primary electricity. |
CO2 emissions per capita | 15% | |||
Emission changes 30% | CO2 emissions changes from energy sector | 10% | The energy sector includes production and supply of electric power, steam, hot water, gas, and tap water. | |
CO2 emissions changes from industry | 9% | |||
CO2 emissions changes from transport | 3% | The transport sector includes transportation, storage, post and telecommunication services | ||
CO2 emissions changes from construction | 2% | |||
CO2 emissions changes from services | 2% | The service sector includes wholesale, retail trade, catering and other services. | ||
CO2 emissions changes from residential consumption | 2% | The residential consumption includes urban and rural consumption. | ||
CO2 emissions changes from agriculture | 2% | The agriculture sector includes farming, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, and water conservancy | ||
Efficiency 20% | CO2 emissions per unit of total energy consumption | 2% | Carbon intensity of the region’s energy | |
Changes in CO2 emissions per unit of total energy consumption | 8% | |||
Total energy consumption per GDP | 2% | Energy intensity of the region’s economic development | ||
Changes in total energy consumption per GDP | 8% | |||
Nonfossil fuel 10% | Share of nonfossil fuel in total energy consumption | 2% | Nonfossil fuel consists of nuclear power, renewable energy and heat and electricity imported from other regions or countries. | |
Changes in energy supply from nonfossil fuel | 8% | |||
Climate policy 10% | Target-performance comparison | 10% | The comparison of target and performance is the proportion of actual reduced energy intensity to the province-specified target set by the central government in its five-year plans. | |
