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] Water use of electricity technologies: A global meta-analysis

Y Jin, P Behrens, A Tukker, L Scherer - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the water use of power production is an important step to both a sustainable
energy transition and an improved understanding of water conservation measures …

Scarcity-weighted fossil fuel footprint of China at the provincial level

H Wang, G Wang, J Qi, H Schandl, Y Li, C Feng… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Supply risks and shortages of fossil fuels are major challenges to the sustainable
development of countries. In response to this challenge, the 12th main goal of the …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between innovative human capital and interprovincial economic growth based on panel data model and spatial econometrics

Y Xu, A Li - Journal of computational and applied mathematics, 2020 - Elsevier
At present, with the rapid development of knowledge economy and network, innovative
human capital is an important factor in a region. At present, there are some features of the …

Decoupling between water use and thermoelectric power generation growth in China

C Zhang, L Zhong, J Wang - Nature Energy, 2018 - nature.com
As energy and water are fundamentally intertwined, understanding the spatial and temporal
evolution of thermoelectric water use and water stress is important for both sustainable …

Drivers of virtual water flows on regional water scarcity in China

B Cai, W Zhang, K Hubacek, K Feng, Z Li, Y Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Previous studies had shown that the virtual water flows had intensified local water scarcity of
China. There is an urgent need to identify the drivers of virtual water flows and provide the …

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 …

Worldwide energy use across global supply chains: decoupled from economic growth?

S Kan, B Chen, G Chen - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Decoupling indicators are widely used to understand links between economic growth and
energy use. However, traditional decoupling analyses mostly focus on domestic energy …

Pollution exacerbates interregional flows of virtual scarce water driven by energy demand in China

H Li, Y Liang, Q Chen, S Liang, Z Yang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Existing studies on the virtual scarce water flows within the water-energy context focus on
water quantity while largely ignoring water quality. This study improves the quantification …

CO2 Emissions Embodied in Interprovincial Electricity Transmissions in China

S Qu, S Liang, M Xu - Environmental science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Existing studies on the evaluation of CO2 emissions due to electricity consumption in China
are inaccurate and incomplete. This study uses a network approach to calculate CO2 …