| Title | Utilizing green finance to promote low-carbon transition of Chinese cities: insights from technological innovation and industrial structure adjustment |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 31755 |
| Authors | Wu, XQ; Wen, HX; Nie, PY; Gao, JX |
| Title | Utilizing green finance to promote low-carbon transition of Chinese cities: insights from technological innovation and industrial structure adjustment |
| Year | 2024 |
| Published | Scientific Reports, 14, 1 |
| Abstract | Green finance (GF) has emerged as a promising tool to promote low-carbon development, while knowledge is rather limited regarding the underlying mechanism. This article aims to address this void by constructing a city-level GF index covering seven dimensions and identifying the main pathways through which GF can facilitate the low-carbon development of cities. Using a balanced panel data covering 277 Chinese cities from 2010 to 2020, the results show that: (1) China's GF development exhibits an overall spatial differentiation of 'high in the east and low in the west', while the distribution of carbon intensity (CI) displays an overall spatial differentiation of 'high in the north and low in the south'; (2) GF significantly decreases CI of cities, which is robust to employing DID strategies and IV estimations; (3) The role of GF on CI varies with the level of CI whereas not with the level of GF. Specifically, the mitigating effect of GF on CI is significant in both high GF and low GF groups, but only in high CI group; and (4) GF promotes low-carbon transition of cities through mainly on adjusting industrial structure rather than stimulating technological innovation. Despite we also demonstrate green finance enhances green innovation, due to multi-factors, such technology progress it brings may not always translate into a tangible improvement in green productivity. For most developing countries including China, the future policy objective of green finance should focus on enhancing sustainable technological progress. |
| https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-67958-y.pdf |
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