Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China

Z Liu, Z Deng, G He, H Wang, X Zhang, J Lin… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
China is currently the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2). China therefore has a
key role in global climate change mitigation. Policies and commitments are required to …

[HTML][HTML] Global climate change and human health: Pathways and possible solutions

Q Zhao, P Yu, R Mahendran, W Huang, Y Gao… - Eco-Environment & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming has been changing the planet's climate pattern, leading to increasing
frequency, intensity and duration of extreme weather events and natural disasters. These …

Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Chapter 6)

S Szopa, V Naik, B Adhikary, P Artaxo, T Berntsen… - 2021 - cambridge.org
Short‑lived climate forcers (SLCFs) affect climate and are, in most cases, also air pollutants.
They include aerosols (sulphate, nitrate, ammonium, carbonaceous aerosols, mineral dust …

Effect of the carbon emissions trading policy on the co-benefits of carbon emissions reduction and air pollution control

Z Dong, C Xia, K Fang, W Zhang - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Achieving the co-benefits of carbon emissions reduction and air pollution control is
significant for pursuing a sustainable and low-carbon economy in China. This study applies …

[PDF][PDF] Mitigation pathways compatible with long-term goals

K Riahi, R Schaeffer, J Arango, K Calvin, C Guivarch… - 2022 - cgspace.cgiar.org
Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015–2060 in the context of carbon neutrality

J Cheng, D Tong, Q Zhang, Y Liu, Y Lei… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Clean air policies in China have substantially reduced particulate matter (PM2. 5) air
pollution in recent years, primarily by curbing end-of-pipe emissions. However, reaching the …

A synergistic approach to air pollution control and carbon neutrality in China can avoid millions of premature deaths annually by 2060

J Cheng, D Tong, Y Liu, G Geng, SJ Davis, K He… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
China has made significant progress in alleviating air pollution since 2013, but the annual
mean fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) concentration remains six times higher than current …

Role of climate goals and clean-air policies on reducing future air pollution deaths in China: a modelling study

Y Liu, D Tong, J Cheng, SJ Davis, S Yu… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Over 3 million people die every year from diseases caused by exposure to
outdoor PM 2· 5 air pollution, and more than a quarter of these premature deaths occur in …

The environmental co-benefit and economic impact of China's low-carbon pathways: Evidence from linking bottom-up and top-down models

X Yang, J Pang, F Teng, R Gong, C Springer - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deep decarbonization pathways (DDPs) can be cost-effective for carbon mitigation, but they
also have environmental co-benefits and economic impacts that cannot be ignored. Despite …

Synergistic effect of CO2 and PM2. 5 emissions from coal consumption and the impacts on health effects

W Jia, L Li, Y Lei, S Wu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
China put forward that it would strive to achieve the carbon peaking in 2030 and carbon
neutrality goals in 2060, which needed realizing the synergistic effect of pollution reduction …