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 …

The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

M Romanello, A McGushin, C Di Napoli, P Drummond… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that
independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing …

Accelerating the energy transition towards photovoltaic and wind in China

Y Wang, R Wang, K Tanaka, P Ciais, J Penuelas… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
China's goal to achieve carbon (C) neutrality by 2060 requires scaling up photovoltaic (PV)
and wind power from 1 to 10–15 PWh year− 1 (refs.,,,–). Following the historical rates of …

How does internet development affect energy-saving and emission reduction? Evidence from China

H Wu, Y Xue, Y Hao, S Ren - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
With the development of information technology and its innovative applications in the field of
environmental protection, the role of the internet in energy conservation and emission …

Development of an extended STIRPAT model to assess the driving factors of household carbon dioxide emissions in China

S Yu, Q Zhang, JL Hao, W Ma, Y Sun, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the past twenty years have witnessed China's remarkable economic development,
the cost in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and a deteriorating environment has been …

China's commercial building carbon emissions toward 2060: An integrated dynamic emission assessment model

T Huo, L Xu, B Liu, W Cai, W Feng - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon-mitigation in the commercial building sector is critical to carbon peaking and carbon
neutral commitment. However, there has been little scientific focus on long-term evolutionary …

Reducing climate change impacts from the global food system through diet shifts

Y Li, P He, Y Shan, Y Li, Y Hang, S Shao… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
How much and what we eat and where it is produced can create huge differences in GHG
emissions. On the basis of detailed household-expenditure data, we evaluate the unequal …

The Polarizing Trend of Regional CO2 Emissions in China and Its Implications

K He, Z Mi, J Zhang, J Li… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
CO2 emissions are unevenly distributed both globally and regionally within nation-states.
Given China's entrance into the new stage of economic development, an updated study on …

The impacts of household structure transitions on household carbon emissions in China

Y Zhang, F Wang, B Zhang - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Household consumption has great potential to reduce CO 2 emissions from the demand
side which is an important way to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals …

A race between economic growth and carbon emissions: What play important roles towards global low-carbon development?

J Yang, Y Hao, C Feng - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Revealing the decoupling process between global economy and its carbon emissions is a
key breakthrough point to seek the pathways of global low-carbon economic development …