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Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China

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  • Zhu Liu

    (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
    Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Resnick Sustainability Institute, California Institute of Technology)

  • Dabo Guan

    (Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University
    School of International Development, University of East Anglia)

  • Wei Wei

    (CAS Key Laboratory of Low-carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Steven J. Davis

    (Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of California)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, CE Orme des Merisiers)

  • Jin Bai

    (State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science)

  • Shushi Peng

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, CE Orme des Merisiers
    CNRS and UJF Grenoble 1, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Geophysique de l’Environnement (LGGE, UMR5183))

  • Qiang Zhang

    (Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University)

  • Klaus Hubacek

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Gregg Marland

    (Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics, Appalachian State University)

  • Robert J. Andres

    (Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Douglas Crawford-Brown

    (Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research, University of Cambridge)

  • Jintai Lin

    (Laboratory for Climate and Ocean–Atmosphere Studies, School of Physics, Peking University)

  • Hongyan Zhao

    (Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University)

  • Chaopeng Hong

    (Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Center for Earth System Science, Tsinghua University
    State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University)

  • Thomas A. Boden

    (Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Kuishuang Feng

    (University of Maryland, College Park)

  • Glen P. Peters

    (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research-Oslo (CICERO))

  • Fengming Xi

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

  • Junguo Liu

    (School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University
    Ecosystems Services & Management Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
    School of Environmental Science and Engineering, South University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yuan Li

    (School of International Development, University of East Anglia)

  • Yu Zhao

    (State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse and School of the Environment, Nanjing University)

  • Ning Zeng

    (University of Maryland, College Park
    Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Kebin He

    (State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University)

Abstract

A revised estimate of Chinese carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement production is presented, based on updated energy consumption and clinker production data and two new sets of measured emission factors for Chinese coal.

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  • Zhu Liu & Dabo Guan & Wei Wei & Steven J. Davis & Philippe Ciais & Jin Bai & Shushi Peng & Qiang Zhang & Klaus Hubacek & Gregg Marland & Robert J. Andres & Douglas Crawford-Brown & Jintai Lin & Hongya, 2015. "Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China," Nature, Nature, vol. 524(7565), pages 335-338, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:524:y:2015:i:7565:d:10.1038_nature14677
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14677
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