The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy Uncertainty
The transition to renewable energy is a critical pathway for achieving low-carbon development and addressing global climate change problems. Therefore, we expand the conventional province-level energy balance table to the urban level, providing a refined assessment tool for evaluating renewable ener...
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| description | The transition to renewable energy is a critical pathway for achieving low-carbon development and addressing global climate change problems. Therefore, we expand the conventional province-level energy balance table to the urban level, providing a refined assessment tool for evaluating renewable energy transition (RET). This study investigates the impact of climate policy uncertainty (CPU) on urban RET and explores the underlying mechanisms. The findings reveal that CPU significantly inhibits urban RET, with this effect being particularly pronounced in non-capital and inland cities. The mechanisms through which CPU hinders urban RET include exacerbating capital and labor misallocation and suppressing industrial structure upgrading. Furthermore, the moderation model indicates that high-intensity government supervision and low public environmental awareness exacerbate the negative impact of CPU on urban RET. Our findings provide governments with adopting forward-looking climate policies to mitigate the adverse effects of urban renewable energy transition. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e63edb2dabde49a88fa53220ae989d3e2025-08-20T02:17:14ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732025-04-01188208910.3390/en18082089The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy UncertaintyDa Gao0Tianyi Zhang1Xiaowei Liu2School of Law and Business, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, ChinaSchool of Law and Business, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, ChinaSchool of Law and Business, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, ChinaThe transition to renewable energy is a critical pathway for achieving low-carbon development and addressing global climate change problems. Therefore, we expand the conventional province-level energy balance table to the urban level, providing a refined assessment tool for evaluating renewable energy transition (RET). This study investigates the impact of climate policy uncertainty (CPU) on urban RET and explores the underlying mechanisms. The findings reveal that CPU significantly inhibits urban RET, with this effect being particularly pronounced in non-capital and inland cities. The mechanisms through which CPU hinders urban RET include exacerbating capital and labor misallocation and suppressing industrial structure upgrading. Furthermore, the moderation model indicates that high-intensity government supervision and low public environmental awareness exacerbate the negative impact of CPU on urban RET. Our findings provide governments with adopting forward-looking climate policies to mitigate the adverse effects of urban renewable energy transition.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/18/8/2089renewable energy transitionclimate policy uncertaintymechanism testfurther analysis |
| spellingShingle | Da Gao Tianyi Zhang Xiaowei Liu The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy Uncertainty Energies renewable energy transition climate policy uncertainty mechanism test further analysis |
| title | The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy Uncertainty |
| title_full | The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy Uncertainty |
| title_fullStr | The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy Uncertainty |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy Uncertainty |
| title_short | The Urban Renewable Energy Transition: Impact Assessment and Transmission Mechanisms of Climate Policy Uncertainty |
| title_sort | urban renewable energy transition impact assessment and transmission mechanisms of climate policy uncertainty |
| topic | renewable energy transition climate policy uncertainty mechanism test further analysis |
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