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 …

Research on carbon emission reduction effect of China's regional digital trade under the “double carbon” target--combination of the regulatory role of industrial …

Y Wang, J Liu, Z Zhao, J Ren, X Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
As a product of the integration of commerce and technology, digital trade is a key element of
the digital economy. Giving full consideration to how digital trade reduces carbon emissions …

Assessing the digital economy and its carbon-mitigation effects: The case of China

J Wang, K Dong, X Dong, F Taghizadeh-Hesary - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
With the proposal of China's carbon neutrality target and the accelerated process of digital
development, it is necessary for China to explore the prominent role of digital economy in …

City-level emission peak and drivers in China

Y Shan, Y Guan, Y Hang, H Zheng, Y Li, D Guan, J Li… - Science Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
China is playing an increasing role in global climate change mitigation, and local authorities
need more city-specific information on the emissions trends and patterns when designing …

Assessment to China's recent emission pattern shifts

Y Guan, Y Shan, Q Huang, H Chen, D Wang… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Energy and emission data are crucial to climate change research and mitigation efforts. The
accuracy of energy statistics is essential for mitigation strategies and evaluating the …

Towards carbon neutrality by implementing carbon emissions trading scheme: Policy evaluation in China

X Chen, B Lin - Energy Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Carbon Emission Trading Scheme is generally considered an important market-
oriented environmental policy tool aiming at carbon abatement. Therefore, the government …

Co-benefits of CO2 emission reduction from China's clean air actions between 2013-2020

Q Shi, B Zheng, Y Zheng, D Tong, Y Liu, H Ma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change mitigation measures can yield substantial air quality improvements while
emerging clean air measures in developing countries can also lead to CO2 emission …

County-level CO2 emissions and sequestration in China during 1997–2017

J Chen, M Gao, S Cheng, W Hou, M Song, X Liu, Y Liu… - Scientific data, 2020 - nature.com
With the implementation of China's top-down CO2 emissions reduction strategy, the regional
differences should be considered. As the most basic governmental unit in China, counties …

Biophysical and economic constraints on China's natural climate solutions

N Lu, H Tian, B Fu, H Yu, S Piao, S Chen, Y Li… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Natural climate solutions (NCS) are strategies for climate mitigation in the land sector that
increase carbon storage or avoid GHG emissions. Here we estimate China's historic NCS …

Large Chinese land carbon sink estimated from atmospheric carbon dioxide data

J Wang, L Feng, PI Palmer, Y Liu, S Fang, H Bösch… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Limiting the rise in global mean temperatures relies on reducing carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions and on the removal of CO2 by land carbon sinks. China is currently the single …