Decomposition analysis of ASEAN countries CO2 emissions from electricity generation

ASEAN is a group of countries in the south east asia that promotes economic political and security cooperation among its members. The demand for energy has increase by approximately 60% in the last 20 years. About 4 % of the Global carbon dioxide emission was emitted from the region in 2014 and there is an expectation that it will rise. Economy, population and share of energy mix has an effect to the carbon dioxide emission therefore understanding the driving factor is vital to have a preparation and planning for the development of the right policies. Using LMDI method, the study aims the identification of the main driving factors of carbon dioxide emission of the ASEAN during the 1974 to 2014 period. The results show that the growth in the economy have the largest impact for the increased carbon dioxide emissions followed by the energy structure and the population, however, the energy intensity helped to reduce the carbon emission. The results suggest that to have a change to cleaner energy would decrease emission. A proper management of energy through the improvements of technology would potentially be ableable to reduce the emissions