[HTML][HTML] Synergetic roadmap of carbon neutrality and clean air for China

Q Zhang, Z Yin, X Lu, J Gong, Y Lei, B Cai, C Cai… - Environmental Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is well recognized that carbon dioxide and air pollutants share similar emission sources so
that synergetic policies on climate change mitigation and air pollution control can lead to …

The 2023 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: taking stock for a thriving future

S Zhang, C Zhang, W Cai, Y Bai… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Executive summary With growing health risks from climate change and a trend of increasing
carbon emissions from coal, it is time for China to take action. The rising frequency and …

Ageing threatens sustainability of smallholder farming in China

C Ren, X Zhou, C Wang, Y Guo, Y Diao, S Shen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Rapid demographic ageing substantially affects socioeconomic development,,–and
presents considerable challenges for food security and agricultural sustainability,,–, which …

Anthropogenic emissions and urbanization increase risk of compound hot extremes in cities

J Wang, Y Chen, W Liao, G He, SFB Tett, Z Yan… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Urban areas are experiencing strongly increasing hot temperature extremes. However,
these urban heat events have seldom been the focus of traditional detection and attribution …

Optimal allocation of local climate zones based on heat vulnerability perspective

R Zhang, J Yang, X Ma, X Xiao, JC Xia - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate change presents considerable heating risks to cities, necessitating the
assessment of heat vulnerability characteristics in urban areas for the advancement of …

Quantifying the physical processes leading to atmospheric hot extremes at a global scale

M Röthlisberger, L Papritz - Nature Geoscience, 2023 - nature.com
Heat waves are among the deadliest climate hazards. Yet the relative importance of the
physical processes causing their near-surface temperature anomalies (𝑇′)—advection of …

Anthropogenic forcing has increased the risk of longer-traveling and slower-moving large contiguous heatwaves

M Luo, S Wu, GNC Lau, T Pei, Z Liu, X Wang… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Heatwaves are consecutive hot days with devastating impacts on human health and the
environment. These events may evolve across both space and time, characterizing a …

Contributions of sea–land breeze and local climate zones to daytime and nighttime heat island intensity

J Yang, J Xin, Y Zhang, X Xiao, JC Xia - NPJ Urban Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
The acceleration of global urbanization has increased the frequency of the urban heat island
(UHI) effect and heatwaves, which seriously endanger human health. We used Shenzhen as …

Projections of heatwave-attributable mortality under climate change and future population scenarios in China

H Chen, L Zhao, L Cheng, Y Zhang, H Wang… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In China, most previous projections of heat-related mortality have
been based on modeling studies using global climate models (GCMs), which can help to …

The 2021 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: seizing the window of opportunity

W Cai, C Zhang, S Zhang, S Ai, Y Bai, J Bao… - The Lancet Public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary China, with its growing population and economic development, faces
increasing risks to health from climate change, but also opportunities to address these risks …