City-level climate change mitigation in China

Y Shan, D Guan, K Hubacek, B Zheng, SJ Davis… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
As national efforts to reduce CO2 emissions intensify, policy-makers need increasingly
specific, subnational information about the sources of CO2 and the potential reductions and …

Chinese cities exhibit varying degrees of decoupling of economic growth and CO2 emissions between 2005 and 2015

Y Shan, S Fang, B Cai, Y Zhou, D Li, K Feng… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Cities, contributing more than 75% of global carbon emissions, are at the heart of climate
change mitigation. Given cities' heterogeneity, they need specific low-carbon roadmaps …

China's CO2 peak before 2030 implied from characteristics and growth of cities

H Wang, X Lu, Y Deng, Y Sun, CP Nielsen, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
China pledges to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 or sooner under the Paris Agreement to limit
global warming to 2° C or less by the end of the century. By examining CO2 emissions from …

City-level emission peak and drivers in China

Y Shan, Y Guan, Y Hang, H Zheng, Y Li, D Guan, J Li… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
China is playing an increasing role in global climate change mitigation, and local authorities
need more city-specific information on the emissions trends and patterns when designing …

A systematic assessment of city-level climate change mitigation and air quality improvement in China

L Zhang, P Wu, M Niu, Y Zheng, J Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
China is facing dual challenges of air pollution and climate change. By using city-level data,
we comprehensively assessed air quality and CO 2 emission changes from 2015 to 2019 for …

Carbon emissions of cities from a consumption-based perspective

Z Mi, J Zheng, J Meng, H Zheng, X Li, DM Coffman… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbon emission inventories are the foundations of climate change mitigation and
adaptation in cities. In this study, we estimated production-based CO 2 emissions from fossil …

A “Carbonizing Dragon”: China's Fast Growing CO2 Emissions Revisited

JC Minx, G Baiocchi, GP Peters, CL Weber… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
China's annual CO2 emissions grew by around 4 billion tonnes between 1992 and 2007.
More than 70% of this increase occurred between 2002 and 2007. While growing export …

Urban cross-sector actions for carbon mitigation with local health co-benefits in China

A Ramaswami, K Tong, A Fang, RM Lal… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
Cities offer unique strategies to reduce fossil fuel use through the exchange of energy and
materials across homes, businesses, infrastructure and industries co-located in urban areas …

Spatio-temporal effects of urbanization on CO2 emissions: Evidences from 268 Chinese cities

J Xu, J Wang, R Li, X Yang - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
To comprehensively capture the spatio-temporal effects of urbanization on CO 2 emissions,
we develop an innovative hybrid spatial model (SLX-GTWR) that incorporates spatial …

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 …