On Measurement and Improvement Measures of Digital Empowerment Carbon Emission Reduction Effect

Taking the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration as an Example

Abstract

In order to explore the specific impact and mechanism of digital economy development on regional carbon emissions, based on the Panel data of 26 major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region from 2011 to 2019, this paper establishes a regression model to verify the fixed effect model and intermediary model of digital economy development enabling carbon emission reduction. The results show that digital economy development can significantly reduce regional carbon emission intensity. Among them, factors such as digital industry development and digital technology innovation play a major role. The digital economy can effectively reduce carbon emissions by optimizing industrial structure. The strong driving force of the digital economy has become a catalyst for carbon reduction. Therefore, China should place the digital economy in an important strategic position, and the trend of developing and strengthening the digital economy is urgent.