Comprehensive Assessment and Obstacle Analysis on Low-Carbon Development Quality of 30 Provincial Regions in China

• DOI: 10.3390/su17062425
• Publication Date: 2025-03-10T16:02:59Z
• Authors: Haoran Zhao; Zhen Yang; Shunan Wu; Zhuowen Zhang; Chuan Li; Chunhua Jin; Sen Guo
• Keywords: Quality Assessment; Carbon fibers

Low-carbon development (LCD) in China has become the critical measure to achieve sustainable and handle climate change. This investigation evaluates 30 provincial regions’ LCD quality from dimensions of low-carbon (LC) economy, resources utilization, LC environment, society. According integrated weights combined subjective identified through best–worst method (BWM) objective attained anti-entropy weight (AEW) method, top five sub-criteria 2021 were coal consumption relative total primary energy consumption, industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission, carbon emissions intensity, dust forest coverage rate. comprehensive evaluation results obtained MARCOS model, Beijing’s score is far ahead, its scores resource economy are also a leading position. Moreover, level shows gradually reduced pattern east west. The obstacle analysis demonstrates that factors with high frequency occurrence include real GDP, consuming, SO2 rate, number private vehicles. Suggestions proposed based on results, including increase infrastructure construction, optimize structure develop renewable energy, protect ecological environment intensify efforts, accelerate transformation upgrading structure.