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 …

From low carbon to carbon neutrality: A bibliometric analysis of the status, evolution and development trend

Z Zhang, G Hu, X Mu, L Kong - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
With global climate change becoming increasingly serious, carbon neutrality, a key strategy
to mitigate climate change, has attracted widespread attention. However, due to the …

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 …

Digital finance, green technological innovation and energy-environmental performance: Evidence from China's regional economies

S Cao, L Nie, H Sun, W Sun… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional finance has many deficiencies in promoting green technology innovation (GTI)
and energy-environmental performance (EEP). The emerging digital finance is filling the …

Green technology innovations, urban innovation environment and CO2 emission reduction in China: Fresh evidence from a partially linear functional-coefficient panel …

B Lin, R Ma - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Green technology innovations are deemed as effective channels through which economic
growth and environmental governance are balanced. However, empirical research on the …

Unleashing the potential: exploring the nexus between low-carbon digital economy and regional economic-social development in China

Z Xing, J Huang, J Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
In 2020, China formally proposed the goal of achieving carbon peaking in 2030 and
achieving carbon neutrality in 2060. Since then, widespread attention has been devoted to …

Urbanization, land use change, and carbon emissions: Quantitative assessments for city-level carbon emissions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Y Zhou, M Chen, Z Tang, Z Mei - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, urbanization has dramatically changed land cover, causing a rapid growth in
carbon emissions and related risk of climate change. This study estimated city-level land use …

Carbon mitigation potential afforded by rooftop photovoltaic in China

Z Zhang, M Chen, T Zhong, R Zhu, Z Qian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rooftop photovoltaics (RPVs) are crucial in achieving energy transition and climate goals,
especially in cities with high building density and substantial energy consumption …

Does the development of the internet contribute to air pollution control in China? Mechanism discussion and empirical test

X Yang, H Wu, S Ren, Q Ran, J Zhang - Structural Change and Economic …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the continuous development of cloud computing and internet of things technology, the
integration of internet and haze governance has broad prospects and infinite potential …

China CO2 emission accounts 1997–2015

Y Shan, D Guan, H Zheng, J Ou, Y Li, J Meng, Z Mi… - Scientific data, 2018 - nature.com
China is the world's top energy consumer and CO 2 emitter, accounting for 30% of global
emissions. Compiling an accurate accounting of China's CO 2 emissions is the first step in …