An integrated evaluation on China's provincial carbon peak and carbon neutrality

P Yang, S Peng, N Benani, L Dong, X Li, R Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the climate is warming up and climate disasters occur more frequently, China's carbon
peak and carbon neutrality targets are gaining attention, with provinces starting to set carbon …

China's progress toward sustainable development in pursuit of carbon neutrality: Regional differences and dynamic evolution

H Wen, W Liang, CC Lee - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
China has proposed ambitious carbon neutrality targets to address the challenge of climate
change and promote sustainable development despite being the world's largest emitter of …

An inter-provincial carbon quota study in China based on the contribution of clean energy to carbon reduction

W Shi, W Li, F Qiao, W Wang, Y An, G Zhang - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy consumption is the main source of carbon dioxide emissions. Vigorously promoting
the development and utilisation of clean energy and the reasonable distribution of carbon …

Low-carbon development quality of cities in China: Evaluation and obstacle analysis

Y Wang, X Fang, S Yin, W Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities' low carbon development has become an important measure to cope with climate
change and promote sustainable development in China. Existing researches have been …

China's carbon budget inventory from 1997 to 2017 and its challenges to achieving carbon neutral strategies

S Zhang, X Bai, C Zhao, Q Tan, G Luo, L Wu… - Journal of cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global climate change situation partly depends on the climate change policies of
countries around the world, including China. Therefore, it is necessary to reasonably reduce …

Evaluation of carbon emission efficiency and reduction potential of 336 cities in China

W Li, F Dong, Z Ji - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing carbon emissions efficiency (CEE) is essential for Chinese cities to achieve their
dual carbon goals. For cities with higher CEE, it is crucial to comprehensively evaluate their …

Development of a low-carbon indicator system for China

L Price, N Zhou, D Fridley, S Ohshita, H Lu, N Zheng… - Habitat International, 2013 - Elsevier
In 2009, China committed to reducing its carbon dioxide intensity (CO2/unit of gross
domestic product, GDP) by 40–45% by 2020 from a s2005 baseline and in March 2011 …

A holistic low carbon city indicator framework for sustainable development

S Tan, J Yang, J Yan, C Lee, H Hashim, B Chen - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Many cities are pursuing the low-carbon practices to reduce CO 2 and other environmental
emissions. However, it is still unclear which aspects a low-carbon city (LCC) covers and how …

Local strategies for China's carbon mitigation: An investigation of Chinese city-level CO2 emissions

B Cai, H Guo, L Cao, D Guan, H Bai - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a systematic analysis that identifies the driving forces of carbon dioxide
(CO 2) emissions of 286 Chinese prefecture-level cities in 2012. The regression analysis …

Analysis on the carbon emission peaks of China's industrial, building, transport, and agricultural sectors

X Chen, C Shuai, Y Wu, Y Zhang - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon emission peak has become a focus of political and academic concern in global
community since the launch of Kyoto Protocol. China, as the largest carbon emitter, has …