China's pilot low-carbon city initiative: A comparative assessment of national goals and local plans

N Khanna, D Fridley, L Hong - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2014 - Elsevier
In the past decade, China's unprecedented urbanization has paralleled a 250% growth in
primary energy demand and urban areas have emerged as the crux of energy and CO 2 …

Structural emissions reduction of China's power and heating industry under the goal of “double carbon”: A perspective from input-output analysis

T Jiang, Y Yu, A Jahanger… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the Chinese government put forward the" double carbon" target in 2020, emissions
reduction has become the focus of the Chinese government's work. China's power and …

Analysis of sustainable urban development approaches in China

H Liu, G Zhou, R Wennersten, B Frostell - Habitat international, 2014 - Elsevier
China already has more numerous and larger cities than ever before. If the current trend
holds, by 2025 it will have a predicted 1 billion of urban population and 8 megacities, each …

Blue sky defense in low-carbon pilot cities: A spatial spillover perspective of carbon emission efficiency

M Du, R Feng, Z Chen - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The improvement of carbon emission efficiency is crucial to the realization of the global
carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. Based on the panel data of 282 cities from …

The impact of low-carbon city pilot policy on the total factor productivity of listed enterprises in China

H Chen, W Guo, X Feng, W Wei, H Liu, Y Feng… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, the low-carbon city pilot policy has been important work in China. It aims to
control the city's greenhouse gas emissions, find a" win-win" path of low-carbon and …

The policy outcomes of low-carbon city construction on urban green development: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment conducted in China

S Qiu, Z Wang, S Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The low-carbon city pilot (LCCP) policy aims to implement a scientific model for low-carbon
economic development, which not only completes carbon reduction targets on time, but is …

How technological innovation impacts urban green economy efficiency in emerging economies: A case study of 278 Chinese cities

Y Liu, F Dong - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Clarifying the relationship and mechanism between technological innovation and the green
economy efficiency (GEE) will improve the growth of the urban green economy for emerging …

The impact of low-carbon city construction on ecological efficiency: Empirical evidence from quasi-natural experiments

M Song, X Zhao, Y Shang - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020 - Elsevier
Building a low-carbon city is an important guarantee to optimize the ecological environment
and the key to improving ecological efficiency. This study conducts a quasi-natural …

A holistic low carbon city indicator framework for sustainable development

S Tan, J Yang, J Yan, C Lee, H Hashim, B Chen - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Many cities are pursuing the low-carbon practices to reduce CO 2 and other environmental
emissions. However, it is still unclear which aspects a low-carbon city (LCC) covers and how …

Synergistic CO2 reduction effects in Chinese urban agglomerations: Perspectives from social network analysis

W Shen, H Liang, L Dong, J Ren, G Wang - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
China has released its ambitious target for carbon neutrality by 2060. With decades of top-
down energy conservation and pollutant mitigation policies, the techno-mitigation space has …