China's flexibility challenge in achieving carbon neutrality by 2060

J Li, MS Ho, C Xie, N Stern - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
China, with a heavy dependence on coal power, has announced a clear goal of carbon
neutrality by 2060. Electrification of final energy use and high penetration of renewable …

Overview of particulate air pollution and human health in China: Evidence, challenges, and opportunities

Q Zhang, X Meng, S Shi, L Kan, R Chen, H Kan - The Innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution in China continues to be a major public health
challenge. With the release of the new WHO air quality guidelines in 2021, there is an urgent …

Digital economy, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions: Evidence from provincial panel data in China

L Zhang, R Mu, Y Zhan, J Yu, L Liu, Y Yu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving energy efficiency and lowering carbon emissions are of great importance to
realize the “dual carbon” goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Digital economy is a …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the energy transition in China towards carbon neutrality with a probabilistic framework

S Zhang, W Chen - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
A profound transformation of China's energy system is required to achieve carbon neutrality.
Here, we couple Monte Carlo analysis with a bottom-up energy-environment-economy …

Air quality and health co-benefits of China's carbon dioxide emissions peaking before 2030

R Tang, J Zhao, Y Liu, X Huang, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent evidence shows that carbon emissions in China are likely to peak ahead of 2030.
However, the social and economic impacts of such an early carbon peak have rarely been …

Air quality benefits of achieving carbon neutrality in China

X Shi, Y Zheng, Y Lei, W Xue, G Yan, X Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Achieving carbon neutrality before 2060 newly announced in China are expected to
substantially affect air quality. Here we project the pollutants emissions in China based on a …

Mitigation of China's carbon neutrality to global warming

L Li, Y Zhang, T Zhou, K Wang, C Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Projecting mitigations of carbon neutrality from individual countries in relation to future
global warming is of great importance for depicting national climate responsibility but is …

Assessing coupling interactions in a safe and just operating space for regional sustainability

D Han, D Yu, J Qiu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Human activities affect the Earth System with an unprecedented magnitude, causing
undesirable irreversible degradation. The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals …

Ammonia mitigation campaign with smallholder farmers improves air quality while ensuring high cereal production

J Kang, J Wang, MR Heal, K Goulding, W de Vries… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Reducing cropland ammonia (NH3) emissions while improving air quality and food supply is
a challenge, particularly in China where there are millions of smallholder farmers. We tested …

Aerosols overtake greenhouse gases causing a warmer climate and more weather extremes toward carbon neutrality

P Wang, Y Yang, D Xue, L Ren, J Tang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
To mitigate climate warming, many countries have committed to achieve carbon neutrality in
the mid-21st century. Here, we assess the global impacts of changing greenhouse gases …