Cleaner production as climate investment—integrated assessment in Taiyuan City, China

Mestl, Heidi E.S.; Aunan, Kristin; Fang, Jinghua; Seip, H. M.; Skjelvik, John Magne; Vennemo, Haakon

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2003.08.005

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“…In 1998, the average annual concentration of total suspended particulates was 498 lg m À3 (Mestl et al, 2005). This is approximately five times higher than the threshold for health risk set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) (EQRT, 2000).…”

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“…Taiyuan city, the capital of China's Shanxi Province, is generally recognized to be one of the most polluted cities in the world (Mestl et al, 2005). In 1998, the average annual concentration of total suspended particulates was 498 lg m À3 (Mestl et al, 2005).…”

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“…China's State of the Environment Report for 1999 classified it as the most polluted city in China (SEPA, 2000). Taiyuan's pollution problems may be due to the fact that more than three quarters of China's industrial gross domestic product comes from polluting heavy industries (Mestl et al, 2005). Taiyuan has four such major industries -energy, metallurgy, machinery and chemical industries -as well as others, including textile, medicine and building material industries (Taiyuan Government, 2009 (Taiyuan Government, 2009).…”

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Levels and distribution of organochlorine pesticides in various media in a mega-city, China

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a b s t r a c tAs one of China's great metropolises, Taiyuan is generally recognized to be one of the most polluted cities in the world. It is affected by pollution from heavy industries, and from organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). In this study, we measured the concentrations of OCPs in various environmental media in Taiyuan. We measured the levels of OCPs in 15 soil samples and 34 samples of respirable particulate matter (PM) (17 of PM 2.5 and 17 of PM 10 ) from urban areas of Taiyuan. Analysis of the composition ratios of OCP residues revealed that dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) were the predominant compounds in soil, PM 2.5 and PM 10 . The total DDT concentrations were 1.8-1.0 Â 10 2 ng g À1 in soil, 6.5-1.0 Â 10 3 pg m À3 in PM 2.5 , and 8.5-1.5 Â 10 3 pg m À3 in PM 10 . The total HCH concentrations were 1.4-45 ng g À1 in soil, 5.2-8.0 Â 10 2 pg m À3 in PM 2.5 , and 9.6-8.7 Â 10 2 pg m À3 in PM 10 . Furthermore, source analysis indicated that there was new input of OCPs at some sites. Finally, analysis of the individual OCPs revealed that new OCP contamination was the major problem in Taiyuan. This study suggests that measures should be taken to reduce the levels of OCP residues in order to improve the environmental quality in Taiyuan.

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“…For a range of control initiatives, targeting these common sources thus typically implies abatement of both CO 2 and air pollutants. Several previous studies in both developing and developed countries have demonstrated that the near-to medium-term co-benefits of CO 2 -abatement policies, which primarily consist of reduced damage to human health from air-quality improvements, can offset a large fraction of the mitigation costs and even exceed the costs significantly in some cases (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). Whereas the climate impact of longlived GHGs is independent of the source location, the adverse impacts of air pollution are directly related to the location and height of emissions and their proximity to people, forests, crops, structures, and other assets that can be damaged from air-pollution exposure.…”

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Climate Change and Air Quality—Measures with Co-Benefits in China

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Climate Changeand Air Quality-Measures with Co-Benefits in CHINA A lthough the Kyoto Protocol is an important step, its impact on global warming, seen in isolation, will be small. Broader participation and deeper cuts in greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions are essential for any post-Kyoto agreement to have a significant effect. Particularly important are the prospects for curbing GHG emissions in large developing countries, such as China and India, whose CO 2 emissions are projected to grow dramatically over the next few decades. Here we focus on China, which is second only to the U.S. in CO 2 emissions (although the per capita emissions are less than one-sixth of those of the U.S.) and which is expected to become the largest single emitter of GHGs in the coming decades. Several studies carried out in China over the past 5-10 years, including our own work, have found that many measures aimed primarily at reducing local air pollution decrease GHG emissions as a cobenefit. Conversely, a range of CO 2 -mitigating policies entail reductions in air pollution as a co-benefit. This implies that the real costs of climate policies in China may be lower than anticipated by the government. In this article, we describe the links between climate change and air-quality issues as well as the health and environmental benefits accruing from alternative measures and policies for CO 2 mitigation in China. We argue that the tremendous potential to cut GHG emissions while simultaneously reducing air pollution should make cooperation on climatecontrol strategies more attractive to China and other countries in a similar position. Controls aimed atreducing greenhouse-gas emissions also decrease air pollution.

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“…Many barriers exist in China's CP promotion procedure, such as the lack of co-benefit calculation demonstration [14], low awareness and misconception of CP, inadequate institutional framework, constraints in technological facilities and financial support, limited market of CP services, internal conflicts of implementing agencies, and so on [13,[15][16][17]. In order to overcome these barriers, regional government could improve coordination between stakeholders, provide subsidies and increase capacity-building programs [17].…”

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Improving China’s Environmental Performance through Adaptive Implementation—A Comparative Case Study of Cleaner Production in Hangzhou and Guiyang

Guan

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2014

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This paper examines local policy implementation of Cleaner Production (CP) in China. As the major policy implementer, China's local government plays a crucial role in promoting CP. A better understanding of the factors affecting local government's incentives regarding CP and different strategies available to the local government can help policy makers and implementers improve CP practices and other environmental policy outcomes. This paper uses the cases of Hangzhou and Guiyang to demonstrate that local conditions of policy implementation have a direct impact on the success of CP promotion. Based on 35 in-depth interviews, statistical data and internal government reports, we find that the location-based incentives of local government strongly influence their implementation strategies; and that the choices of different strategies can bring out various policy results. From this study, the identified location-based incentives are affected by energy resource endowment, economic development stage and technological competence. The successful implementation strategies involve using different policy instruments synthetically, regulating CP service organizations by controlling their qualifications, differentiating CP subsidizations, and improving transparency of project progress and outcomes.

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Cleaner production as climate investment—integrated assessment in Taiyuan City, China

Cited by 76 publications

References 20 publications

Levels and distribution of organochlorine pesticides in various media in a mega-city, China

Levels and distribution of organochlorine pesticides in various media in a mega-city, China

Climate Change and Air Quality—Measures with Co-Benefits in China

Improving China’s Environmental Performance through Adaptive Implementation—A Comparative Case Study of Cleaner Production in Hangzhou and Guiyang

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