Co-benefits and synergies between urban climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: A literature review

A Sharifi - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Accounting for over 70% of global CO2 emissions, cities are major contributors to climate
change. Acknowledging this, urban climate change adaptation and mitigation plans are …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, K Wei, Y Shan… - The Innovation …, 2023 - the-innovation.org
The sustainability of life on Earth is under increasing threat due to human-induced climate
change. This perilous change in the Earth's climate is caused by increases in carbon dioxide …

China's CO2 peak before 2030 implied from characteristics and growth of cities

H Wang, X Lu, Y Deng, Y Sun, CP Nielsen, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
China pledges to peak CO2 emissions by 2030 or sooner under the Paris Agreement to limit
global warming to 2° C or less by the end of the century. By examining CO2 emissions from …

Under-reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in US cities

KR Gurney, J Liang, G Roest, Y Song, K Mueller… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cities dominate greenhouse gas emissions. Many have generated self-reported emission
inventories, but their value to emissions mitigation depends on their accuracy, which …

Estimating carbon emissions in urban functional zones using multi-source data: A case study in Bei**g

Y Zheng, S Du, X Zhang, L Bai, H Wang - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon emissions have been increasing for decades, resulting in serious environmental
problems. To achieve sustainable development goals, it is necessary to estimate carbon …

Application and enabling technologies of digital twin in operation and maintenance stage of the AEC industry: A literature review

A Zhang, J Yang, F Wang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of digital technology, more and more advanced digital technologies
are applied in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry to handle with …

Long-term urban carbon dioxide observations reveal spatial and temporal dynamics related to urban characteristics and growth

LE Mitchell, JC Lin, DR Bowling… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Cities are concentrated areas of CO2 emissions and have become the foci of policies for
mitigation actions. However, atmospheric measurement networks suitable for evaluating …

Physical and virtual carbon metabolism of global cities

S Chen, B Chen, K Feng, Z Liu, N Fromer, X Tan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Urban activities have profound and lasting effects on the global carbon balance. Here we
develop a consistent metabolic approach that combines two complementary carbon …

Global distribution of surface soil organic carbon in urban greenspaces

H Guo, E Du, C Terrer, RB Jackson - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Urban greenspaces continue to grow with global urbanization. The global distribution and
stock of soil organic carbon (SOC) in urban greenspaces remain largely undescribed and …

Urban emissions hotspots: Quantifying vehicle congestion and air pollution using mobile phone GPS data

CK Gately, LR Hutyra, S Peterson, IS Wing - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
On-road emissions vary widely on time scales as short as minutes and length scales as
short as tens of meters. Detailed data on emissions at these scales are a prerequisite to …