Table 11.

Impact of different factors on total carbon emissions in the Yellow River Basin, 2005–2020 (Unit: 10⁴ tons).

Time period	Carbon emission coefficient	Energy consumption structure	Energy intensity	Industrial structure effect	Economic activity scale	Population scale	Total
2005–2006	145.06	7.60	420.57	− 569.21	25.90	1223.22	1973.34
2006–2007	1436.08	− 1.63	899.59	− 581.30	190.21	1011.89	3279.34
2007–2008	− 517.79	3.90	1163.59	− 111.85	35.86	1331.48	1931.73
2008–2009	− 107.51	209.12	329.61	− 469.12	59.03	573.72	725.02
2009–2010	108.29	4.66	410.82	− 250.81	155.96	1027.64	2962.09
2010–2011	45.69	22.83	423.04	− 10.25	182.42	1143.79	2476.12
2011–2012	− 122.12	10.72	866.27	436.88	118.35	1245.19	2016.18
2012–2013	− 239.52	− 38.05	912.42	− 143.86	265.55	912.73	1116.73
2013–2014	− 217.06	− 32.46	958.72	− 108.09	163.68	1225.53	893.55
2014–2015	26.80	− 14.46	567.55	891.24	30.96	1051.52	1346.26
2015–2016	− 351.65	− 12.80	558.02	53.34	263.03	686.80	554.25
2016–2017	− 596.35	− 139.41	810.89	− 162.39	218.56	1407.58	1036.07
2017–2018	− 430.33	− 73.74	1353.04	− 1144.74	158.65	877.02	191.25
2018–2019	− 188.99	− 111.66	897.10	− 581.34	90.04	1376.54	1721.92
2019–2020	− 25.00	− 102.90	559.55	989.64	331.20	1208.75	1455.51
Total	− 1306.19	− 268.27	11,130.78	− 1761.84	2289.43	16,303.39	27,309.05
Proportion	− 0.05	− 0.01	0.41	− 0.06	0.08	0.60	1.00