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

Wang, Haikun; Lu, Xi; Deng, Yu; Sun, Yan; Nielsen, Chris P.; Liu, Yifan; Zhu, Ge; Bu, Maoliang; Bi, Jun; Chen, Xinyu

doi:10.1038/s41893-019-0339-6

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“…It is not possible to determine from the data available for this study whether this is a trend or just a temporary dent in the curve, but from other sources we know that, after three years of seeming stabilization, China's production-based carbon emissions continued to grow and amounted to 10.9 Gt, equal to 29% of global emissions in 2017 [29]. According to recent projections emissions in China are expected to peak at 13-16 GtO2/yr between 2021 and 2025 approximately 5-10 years ahead of the current Paris target of 2030 [30]. Contrary to this positive assessment of China's future performance, recent news report that between January 2018 and June 2019 China increased its coal-fired power generation capacity by 42.9 GW despite a global move towards cleaner energy sources [31].…”

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Consumption versus Technology: Drivers of Global Carbon Emissions 2000–2014

2020

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This study utilizes recently published environmental extensions to the World Input–Output Database (WIOD) to compare production-based, consumption-based and technology-adjusted carbon emissions for 44 countries and country groups for the period 2000 to 2014. Results show some significant shifts in global emission trends compared to similar studies of the period before 2009. For 20 European Union (EU) countries and the US, emissions decreased over the period regardless of measure, and the same was true for the EU. Since GDP grew in 18 of these countries, the results provide unambiguous evidence for absolute, albeit modest, decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions. The large increase in global emissions that nevertheless occurred during the period was driven almost entirely by increasing consumption in China and developing countries.

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Section: Structural Decomposition Analysis (Sda)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumption versus Technology: Drivers of Global Carbon Emissions 2000–2014

2020

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“…Compared to liberal democracies, China had a lot farther to go. And yet, the speed of its transition to sustainability outpaces what the West has to show for itself (Wang et al 2019). 37 It is therefore no exaggeration to state that, "Environmental protection has become a global consensus, but the Communist Party of China is the first to take on ecological construction as an action platform of a political party, especially a ruling party" (Hsiung et al 2015).…”

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“…(Uken 2019;Schultz 2019;Haffert 2019).37 At the Paris Climate Accord 2015, the Xi government had pledged to reduce its CO 2 emissions output starting in 2030.Calculations released in 2019 indicate the China's emissions will decline ten years sooner, peaking in 2019 and start declining in 2020. cf (Wang et al 2019…”

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Daoism and the Project of an Ecological Civilization or Shengtai Wenming 生态文明

Schönfeld

Xia

2019

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For China today, environmentalism is central. The socialist doctrine of “Xi Jinping Thought” prioritizes transitioning to sustainability in the goal of building an “Ecological Civilization”. This creates unprecedented opportunities for Daoist practitioners to engage in state-coordinated activism (part 1). We show how the science of the planetary crisis (part 2) resonates with Daoist values (part 3), how these values integrate in national policy goals (part 4), and how this religious environmental activism plays out in case studies (part 5).

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“…Additionally, under the new situation of economic transition in China, the key point of the industry structure has shifted to internet-based industry, such as e-commerce. Additionally, this transition would promote freight transportation and logistics to move into a bigger market, which also means increased CO 2 emissions and more severe environmental constraints [36]. Therefore, under the sustainability business circumstance, Chinese logistics companies should consider not only the operational performance but also more proactive actions towards emissions reduction and environmental protection, such as using clean technology and improvement of management efficiency.…”

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The Environmental Assessment on Chinese Logistics Enterprises Based on Non-Radial DEA

Jie

Yuan

2019

Energies

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Under the new situation of economic development in China, the logistics industry is facing unbalanced development regarding economic and environmental performance. From the enterprise level, this study investigated the sustainability of Chinese logistics based on the environmental assessment data envelopment analysis (DEA) model, and measured the unified efficiency of a logistics company under two different production arrangement strategies. The empirical measurement provides several findings. First, logistics enterprises give higher priority to operational benefits than environmental performance. Second, under the operational priority of production arrangement, small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) unified efficiency is better than a large enterprise, and private enterprises' unified efficiency is better than state-owned enterprises. Moreover, the empirical study has further proved that the sustainability development of Chinese logistics is still at the primary stage; when facing trade-offs in the sustainability context, logistics companies still prioritize operational performance first. Therefore, transforming corporate strategy into an environmental sustainable priority and realizing logistics sustainability still has a long way to go, which is the backbone of realizing balanced development of both the economy and environment.

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

Cited by 232 publications

References 38 publications

Consumption versus Technology: Drivers of Global Carbon Emissions 2000–2014

Consumption versus Technology: Drivers of Global Carbon Emissions 2000–2014

Daoism and the Project of an Ecological Civilization or Shengtai Wenming 生态文明

The Environmental Assessment on Chinese Logistics Enterprises Based on Non-Radial DEA

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