Can low carbon policies achieve collaborative governance of air pollution? Evidence from China's carbon emissions trading scheme pilot policy

S Shao, S Cheng, R Jia - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of environmental and climate governance, the efficiency with which low-
carbon policies reduce air pollution is vital for enhancing the effectiveness of environmental …

Opportunistic experiments to constrain aerosol effective radiative forcing

M Christensen, A Gettelman, J Cermak… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol-cloud interactions (ACI) are considered to be the most uncertain driver of present-
day radiative forcing due to human activities. The non-linearity of cloud-state changes to …

Attribution of air quality benefits to clean winter heating policies in China: combining machine learning with causal inference

C Song, B Liu, K Cheng, MA Cole, Q Dai… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heating is a major source of air pollution. To improve air quality, a range of clean heating
policies were implemented in China over the past decade. Here, we evaluated the impacts …

Global synthesis of two decades of research on improving PM2. 5 estimation models from remote sensing and data science perspectives

K Bai, K Li, Y Sun, L Wu, Y Zhang, NB Chang, Z Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying the proxy data and techniques that could yield greater PM 2.5 estimation
accuracy remains challenging due to the lack of general knowledge on the relative …

Multi-scale analysis of the impacts of meteorology and emissions on PM2. 5 and O3 trends at various regions in China from 2013 to 2020 2. Key weather elements …

S Gong, L Zhang, C Liu, S Lu, W Pan… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
A multiscale analysis of meteorological trends was carried out to investigate the impacts of
the large-scale circulation types as well as the local-scale key weather elements on the …

Interactions of Asian mineral dust with Indian summer monsoon: Recent advances and challenges

Q Jin, J Wei, WKM Lau, B Pu, C Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is one of the world's strongest monsoon systems that
brings about eighty percent of the annual rainfall to the Indian subcontinent and impacts the …

[HTML][HTML] A global review of the state of the evidence of household air pollution's contribution to ambient fine particulate matter and their related health impacts

S Chowdhury, A Pillarisetti, A Oberholzer, J Jetter… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct exposure to household fine particulate air pollution (HAP) associated with inefficient
combustion of fuels (wood, charcoal, coal, crop residues, kerosene, etc.) for cooking, space …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of strengthened standards on Chinese ironmaking and steelmaking emissions

X Bo, M Jia, X Xue, L Tang, Z Mi, S Wang, W Cui… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
China has produced roughly half of the world's steel in recent years, but the country's iron
and steel industry is a major source of air pollutants, especially particulate matter, SO2 and …

Air quality improvement in response to intensified control strategies in Beijing during 2013–2019

W Li, L Shao, W Wang, H Li, X Wang, Y Li, W Li… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Beijing's air pollution has become of increasing concern in recent years. The central and
municipal governments have issued a series of laws, regulations, and strategies to improve …

Plant-level real-time monitoring data reveal substantial abatement potential of air pollution and CO2 in China's cement sector

L Tang, J Ruan, X Bo, Z Mi, S Wang, G Dong, SJ Davis - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
China is the world's greatest cement producer, generating significant air pollution and CO 2
emissions. To combat these impacts, China introduced stricter air pollution standards for the …