摘要
Abstract
Against the backdrop of ongoing global climate change and profound adjustments in the international economic landscape,actively promoting urban low-carbon transformation(ULCT)is not only a key measure to mitigate the climate crisis but also a core path to achieve coordinated economic,social,and environmental development.As the primary driver of economic and social development,the government plays an indispensable role in ULCT.However,traditional governance models still struggle to effectively address a series of practical challenges encountered during this transformation,such as poor coordination between government departments,incomplete multi-stakeholder collaboration mechanisms,and insufficient innovation in low-carbon technologies.Therefore,government digital governance,as a new governance model,is gradually becoming a driving force for ULCT.
From the perspective of the National Pilot Policy of Information Benefiting the People,this paper uses panel data from 273 prefecture-level and above cities in China from 2006 to 2023 to construct a double machine learning model,thoroughly examining the impact and mechanisms of government digital governance on ULCT.The findings confirm that government digital governance can promote ULCT,and this conclusion remains valid after a series of endogeneity treatments and robustness checks.The mechanism test indicates that improving environmental governance efficiency,incentivizing both digital and green technological innovation,and enhancing public environmental awareness are three important pathways.Heterogeneity analysis reveals that when urban characteristics and digital environments differ,the impact of government digital governance on ULCT is heterogeneous.From the perspective of urban characteristics,government digital governance has a stronger promoting effect on low-carbon transformation in peripheral cities and resource-based cities;from the perspective of the digital environment,the promoting effect is stronger in cities with better digital infrastructure and stronger digital talent endowment.
To empower urban low-carbon transformation,the paper proposes several tailored policy recommendations,including accelerating the process of government digital governance,and deepening the application of pilot policies related to government digital governance;leveraging the crucial role of government digital governance in enhancing environmental governance efficiency,incentivizing dual technological innovation,and increasing public environmental awareness;and addressing the impact of heterogeneity in urban characteristics and digital environments.
The marginal contributions of this paper are mainly reflected in two aspects.First,it explores the effects of government digital governance on ULCT,providing new ideas for modernizing government governance and promoting sustainable urban development.Second,it examines the intrinsic mechanisms,clarifying targeted policy implications to advance the modernization of government governance and enhance the capacity of an effective government to empower urban low-carbon transition in the context of digital transformation.关键词
政府数字治理/城市低碳转型/环境治理效率/技术创新/公众环境关注Key words
government digital governance/urban low-carbon transformation/environmental governance efficiency/technological innovation/public environmental awareness分类
管理科学
