Critical review of the energy-water-carbon nexus in cities

F Meng, G Liu, S Liang, M Su, Z Yang - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy, water, and carbon dioxide are interdependent and have complex interactions
through the economic supply chains of cities. Reviewing the state-of-art advances in the …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic drivers of provincial-level changes in the blue and green water footprints in China

D Zhao, J Liu, H Yang, L Sun, O Varis - Resources, Conservation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Socioeconomic development has led to increased consumption of both blue and green
water. Consequently, China is facing serious water scarcity issue. However, few studies …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying economic-social-environmental trade-offs and synergies of water-supply constraints: An application to the capital region of China

D Zhao, J Liu, L Sun, B Ye, K Hubacek, K Feng, O Varis - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable water management is one of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and is
characterized by a high level of interdependencies with other SDGs from regional to global …

Provincial-level carbon emission drivers and emission reduction strategies in China: Combining multi-layer LMDI decomposition with hierarchical clustering

J Jiang, B Ye, D Xie, J Tang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding provincial-level driving mechanisms of carbon emissions is critical for
achieving China's national action targets on climate change mitigation. The paper combines …

Water-energy-carbon nexus in China's intra and inter-regional trade

P Tian, H Lu, H Reinout, D Li, K Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water consumption, energy use, and carbon emission are three related key anthropogenic
impacts on the natural environment. China is the largest carbon emitter and energy …

China's sustainable water-energy-food nexus by 2030: Impacts of urbanization on sectoral water demand

V Niva, J Cai, M Taka, M Kummu, O Varis - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
In the context of China's rapid and perennial urbanization, it is of profound importance to
understand how to enable and accelerate progress towards achieving the country's …

Spatial correlation of factors affecting CO2 emission at provincial level in China: A geographically weighted regression approach

Y Wang, W Chen, Y Kang, W Li, F Guo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions have become a rising concern in China. Few studies have
considered spatial correlation and agglomeration effect of CO 2 emissions for adjacent …

China's water resources vulnerability: a spatio-temporal analysis during 2003–2013

J Cai, O Varis, H Yin - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to the grave situation of China's water environment and aquatic ecosystems, it is of
prime importance to understand the present situation of China's water resources …

Delivery of energy sustainability: Applications of the “STAR” protocol to the Sustainable Development Goal 7 index and its interaction analysis

D Zhao, J Cai, L Shen, A Elshkaki, J Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The establishment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 within 17 SDGs of the
United Nations' 2030 Agenda operationalizes the discussion of how to tackle energy …

[HTML][HTML] Match words with deeds: Curbing water risk with the Sustainable Development Goal 6 index

J Cai, D Zhao, O Varis - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Since the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development being unanimously endorsed
worldwide in 2015, how to achieve sustainable water security in accordance with …