Prediction on the Peak of the CO₂ Emissions in China Using the STIRPAT Model

Table 1

Description of the variables used in the paper.

Variable	Symbol	Definition	Unit
CO2 emissions	I	CO2 emissions in China	Ten thousand tons
Total population	P	Total population	Ten thousand
GDP per capita	A	GDP per capita (ten thousand yuan)	Ten thousand
Carbon intensity	T	CO2 emissions per GDP	Tons/ten thousand yuan
Urbanization level	UL	The proportion of city population in the total population	%
Energy consumption structure	ECS	The proportion of coal consumption in energy consumption	%
Economic structure	ES	The percentage of the output value of the second industry in GDP	%