Does Industry Digital Transformation Affect Carbon Emission Reduction?An Empirical Analysis Based on the Panel Data of 30 Countries
At the critical period of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation,and with the increasing greenhouse effect in various countries,this study uses the industry-environment theory framework and panel data from 30 countries from 2000 to 2014 to examine the impact of industrial digital trans-formation on carbon emission reduction.The research finds that a country's industrial digital transformation significantly reduces carbon emissions,and this result is very robust.Considering the potential heterogeneous effects of digital transformation across industries,the study separately examines the impact of digital transfor-mation in agriculture,manufacturing,and services on carbon emission reduction.Among these,the promotion effect of agriculture is the largest,followed by manufacturing,while the digital transformation of productive services in the service industry reversely increases carbon emissions,and the effect of consumer services on car-bon emission reduction is not significant.By fully verifying the intermediate mechanism of industry production efficiency,the study shows that a country's industrial digital transformation can promote the realization of its ecological civilization construction goals of carbon emission reduction by improving industry production efficien-cy.Considering the reality of China as the world's largest developing country,promoting the digital transfor-mation of agriculture and manufacturing is conducive to achieving China's"dual carbon"goals.It is very bene-ficial for China to achieve high-quality industrial development during the"14th Five-Year Plan"period while ac-celerating the pace of building a beautiful China.It is a sustainable development path that is worth vigorously promoting and adhering to for the long term,and its practical significance is significant and prominent.The re-verse increase in carbon emissions caused by the digital transformation of productive services should be closely monitored and controlled to avoid the unscientific nature of a uniform industrial digital transformation strategy.
Industry digital transformationCarbon emission reductionHeterogeneity effects
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