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The gigatonne gap in China’s carbon dioxide inventories

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  • Dabo Guan

    (Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
    St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge)

  • Zhu Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
    Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Yong Geng

    (Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China)

  • Sören Lindner

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Klaus Hubacek

    (University of Maryland)

Abstract

Reliable statistics are important for both climate science and international negotiations about emission-reduction targets. However, China is often questioned in terms of its data transparency and accuracy. Now researchers have compiled the carbon dioxide emission inventories for China and its 30 provinces for the period 1997–2010, and found a 1.4 gigatonne discrepancy between national and provincial inventories in 2010.

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  • Dabo Guan & Zhu Liu & Yong Geng & Sören Lindner & Klaus Hubacek, 2012. "The gigatonne gap in China’s carbon dioxide inventories," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(9), pages 672-675, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:9:d:10.1038_nclimate1560
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1560
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