关键词: 城乡居民消费, 能源消耗, 碳排放, 政策建议, 广州

Abstract: In order to figure out the characteristics of Guangzhou residents consumption carbon emissions, the paper calculates urban and rural residents-direct and indirect energy consumption and carbon emissions from 2000—2010. The result shows a continuous rise in direct carbon emissions, with emissions of rural residents fewer than those of urban residents. Indirect carbon emission displays a fluctuation in urban residents and a fall in rural residents far below urban residents. Sources of carbon emission are chiefly food, clothing, housing, education and entertainment in urban residents, and food and housing in rural residents. Guangzhous gross energy consumption and carbon emission is rising in general, with increasing direct energy consumption and carbon emission, and declining indirect energy consumption and carbon emission. This paper presents suggestions on carbon emission reduction from promoting new lowcarbon urbanization, developing new energy, increasing fossil energy efficiency, advocating low carbon living, and changing traditional consumption modes.

Key words: urban and rural residents consumption, energy consumption, carbon emissions, suggestions, Guangzhou