The Industrial Carbon Footprint of Jiangsu Province and Scenario Simulation

Industrial carbon footprint is a complex dynamic system. Targeting the status of industrial carbon footprint of Jiangsu Province, the paper used the principle of system dynamics with the Vensim PLE software and established an industrial carbon footprint system, which was divided into four subsystems: the population subsystem, the resources subsystem, the environment subsystem and the energy subsystem. The paper gave special consideration to the impact of per capita GDP on education and the impact of education on technology. Because of this relationship, it ultimately led to changes in CO2 emissions. Through the historical data, the article simulated the industrial carbon footprint of Jiangsu Province and set up four different scenarios. Compared with the original scene, the paper concludes that to reduce industrial carbon footprint of Jiangsu Province people must work hard on developing new energy and adjusting energy structure. However, the effect of technological advances for industrial carbon footprint reduction is less significant than the first two ones.