Research on low-carbon energy transformation of China necessary to achieve the Paris agreement goals: A global perspective

Zhou, Sheng; Tong, Qing; Pan, Xunzhang; Cao, Min; Wang, Hailin; Jian, Gao; Ou, Xunmin

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105137

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“…The aim of this agreement is to constrain global warming to levels well below 2 • C or even 1.5 • C compared with pre-industrial levels (UNFCCC, 2015;Rogelj et al, 2019). Under this agreement, many global regions have proposed specific targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and stricter environmental polices (Liobikiene and Butkus, 2017;Sobrinho et al, 2020;Zhou et al, 2021). However, there is still a significant gap in achieving these climate targets.…”

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Keeping Track of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Progress and Targets in 167 Cities Worldwide

Wei

Chen

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Actions in cities shape the outcome of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission mitigation and our climate change response. Accurate and consistent carbon inventories are essential for identifying the main sources of emissions and global comparison of carbon reduction progress and would help inform targeted policies for low-carbon transition. To identify the effectiveness of historical carbon reduction policies, our study conducted energy-related GHG emission inventories for 167 globally distributed cities with information from different sectors, and assessed the city-scale near-term, mid-term, and long-term goals carbon mitigation targets from 2020 to 2050. On this basis, we propose mitigation strategies to achieve local and global climate targets. We found that, although Asian cities are the biggest carbon emitters in totals, the per capita GHG emissions of cities in developed countries are still generally higher than that in developing countries. In terms of sectors, the GHG emissions from the stationary energy uses (such as residential, commercial, and industrial buildings) and transportation sector contributed the most. However, cities in more developed nations have been inclined to set absolute carbon reduction targets before 2050, while intensity reduction target has been largely set for cities at the stage of rapid economic growth and accelerated industrialization. More ambitious and easily-tracked climate targets should be proposed by cities and more effective measures of reducing GHG emissions are required to stay consistent with the global ambition of climate change mitigation.

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Keeping Track of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Progress and Targets in 167 Cities Worldwide

Wei

Chen

2021

Front. Sustain. Cities

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“…Green innovation of the renewable energy industry is not only a question of sustainable energy development and changing energy consumption structures, but it is also an important driving force for approaching the "carbon neutral" target [53]. Through the low-carbon energy transition, China will contribute more than 25% of global emission reduction [54].…”

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How Strategic Interaction of Innovation Policies between China’s Regional Governments Affects Wind Energy Innovation

Shi

Zeng

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Sustainability

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Prior research has shown the importance of innovation policies that promote innovation in renewable energy, such as wind power. We study the impact of the strategic interaction of innovation policies between regional governments in terms of wind energy innovation in China. Based on panel data from 2007 to 2018 on a provincial level in China, we construct an innovation strength index of each province in the wind power industry and investigate the inductive effect of the technology-push policy and the demand-pull policy, as well as their spatial spillover effect on wind energy innovation. The results show that the technology-push policy of local governments has an obvious inductive effect on wind energy innovation in the region, while also having a negative spillover effect through R&D factor competitions between regions with geography proximity or with proximity in the ranking of R&D funds input. In terms of the demand-pull policy, only changes at the national level can produce positive spillover effects by promoting expectations of market growth. Yet, competition between regions with proximity in the ranking of wind energy resource reserves produce negative spillover effects. The findings should have a far-reaching impact on the sustainable development of global wind power.

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“…The implementation of agricultural cultivation technology in the context of a green economy always prioritizes the use of environmentally friendly production resources referring to the 2015 Paris Agreement [1]. The use of biopesticides and biofertilizers is an alternative that gives hope for guaranteeing sustainable agricultural cultivation.…”

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Fungistatic Effect of Ipomea Carnea Extract and Trichoderma Esperellum Against Various Fungal Biological Agents

Sutarman

Prihatiningrum

Miftahurrohmat

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The study aimed to measure the fungistatic effect of Ipomea carnea and Trichoderma esperellum Tc-Jjr-02 biomass extracts against several fungal isolates of biological agents in vitro. Nine selected biological agent fungi were grown in PDA-chloramphenicol media containing 1% fresh extract of I. carnea biomass, four of them were grown in dual culture with isolate Tc-Jjr-02 with an incubation period of 96 hours. The results showed that the I. carnea biomass extract had a fungistatic effect by inhibiting the growth of the entomopathogenic agents Metarrhizium anipsoliae Me-Sdj-16 (27.8±3.2%) and Beuveria bassiana Be-Sj-13 (38.1±2.6%) and Be-Sdj-15 (18.6±1.0%), and the biofertilizer agents Aspergillus sp. As-Sdj-11 (46.7±1.9%), Pénicillium sp. Pc-Sdj-14 42.7±3.5%, and Trichoderma sp. Tc-Sdj-18 38.5±1.0% at 96 hours incubation period (HAI). The biocontrol agent T. esperellum gave a weak fungistatic effect against the biofertilizer agents As-Sdj-11 and Pc-Sdj-07 were 14.4±1.3% and 7.0±1.9% at 96 HAI and did not have a fungistatic effect on the biofertilizer agents Trichoderma Tc-Ba-05 and Tc-Sdj-09. Application of I. carnea biomass as green manure and some biofertilizer agents can be carried out simultaneously; while the application of T. esperellum can be carried out using biofertilizer agents As-Sdj-11 and Pc-Sdj-07 and Tc-Ba-05 and Tc-Sdj-09.

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Research on low-carbon energy transformation of China necessary to achieve the Paris agreement goals: A global perspective

Cited by 100 publications

References 39 publications

Keeping Track of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Progress and Targets in 167 Cities Worldwide

Keeping Track of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Progress and Targets in 167 Cities Worldwide

How Strategic Interaction of Innovation Policies between China’s Regional Governments Affects Wind Energy Innovation

Fungistatic Effect of Ipomea Carnea Extract and Trichoderma Esperellum Against Various Fungal Biological Agents

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