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Methodology and applications of city level CO2 emission accounts in China

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ID23317876
AuthorsYuli Shan (0000-0002-5215-8657, University of East Anglia), Dabo Guan (0000-0003-3773-3403, University of East Anglia, corresponding author), Jianghua Liu (0000-0002-0933-1485, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, corresponding author), Zhifu Mi (0000-0001-8106-0694, University of East Anglia), Zhu Liu (0000-0002-8968-7050, University of East Anglia), Jingru Liu (0000-0001-5626-1216, University of East Anglia), Heike Schroeder (0000-0003-2342-2030, University of East Anglia), Bofeng Cai (0000-0002-3475-069X, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Yang Chen (0000-0001-5943-3247, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Shuai Shao (0000-0002-9525-6310, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Qiang Zhang (0000-0003-4613-3100, Tsinghua University)
Year2017
Volume161
Pages1215-1225
Publication date2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cleaner Production (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0959-6526 • E-ISSN: 1879-1786
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.075
OpenAlexW2626972740
LanguageEN
Citations received90
References cited59

China is the world's largest energy consumer and CO2 emitter. Cities contribute 85% of the total CO2 emissions in China and thus are considered as the key areas for implementing policies designed for climate change adaption and CO2 emission mitigation. However, the emission inventory construction of Chinese cities has not been well researched, mainly owing to the lack of systematic statistics and poor data quality. Focusing on this research gap, we developed a set of methods for constructing CO2 emissions inventories for Chinese cities based on energy balance table. The newly constructed emission inventory is compiled in terms of the definition provided by the IPCC territorial emission accounting approach and covers 47 socioeconomic sectors, 17 fossil fuels and 9 primary industry products, which is corresponding with the national and provincial inventory. In the study, we applied the methods to compile CO2 emissions inventories for 24 common Chinese cities and examined uncertainties of the inventories. Understanding the emissions sources in Chinese cities is the basis for many climate policy and goal research in the future.

Air quality index · Business · China · Climate change · Economics · Emission inventory · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Fossil fuel · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Meteorology · Natural resource economics · Regional science · Table (database) · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Vehicle emissions and performance

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