Inordertounderstandthecharacteristicsofspatialandtemporalvariation,aswellasprovideeffectiveideasoncarbonemissionsandregulatorypolicyinYantai,thisarticleanalyzedspatialandtemporalvariationofcarbonemissionsinYantaibasedonenergyconsumptionstatisticsforavarietyofenergysortstogetherwithindustrialsectorsfrom2001to2011.Theresultswereasfollowing:Firstofall,Yantai’scarbonemissionsgrewbyanaverageof5.5%peryearduringthelast10years,andtherewasapeakof10.48millioncarbonintheyearof2011.Second,comparedwiththegrossdomesticproduct(GDP)growthrate,thefiguresforenergycarbonemissionsgrowthrateweresmaller;howevertheproblemofcarbonemissionswerestillmoreobvious.Furthermore,carbonemissionsinYantaiincreasedrapidlybefore2008;whileafter2008,itincreasedmoreslowlyandgraduallybecomestable.Third,theenergyconsumptionwasdifferentamongregionsinYantai.Forinstance,theenergyconsumptioninLongkoucitywasthelargest,whichoccupied50%ofthetotalcarbonemissionsinYantai;andtheenergyconsumptioninChangIslandwasgenerallylessthan1%oftheLongkouconsumption.Finally,therewererelativecloserelationshipsamongthespatialdifferenceofcarbonemissions,regionalresourcesendowment,economicdevelopment,industrialstructure,andenergyefficiency.
