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DOI	10.1038/s41893-020-00669-0
	Air pollution reduction and climate co-benefits in China’s industries
	Qian H.; Xu S.; Cao J.; Ren F.; Wei W.; Meng J.; Wu L.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2398-9629
英文摘要	Air pollution reduction policies can simultaneously mitigate CO2 emissions in the industrial sector, but the extent of these co-benefits is understudied. We analyse the potential co-benefits for SO2, NOx, particulate matter (PM) and CO2 emission reduction in major industrial sectors in China. We construct and analyse a firm-level database covering nearly 80 observations and use scenario simulations to estimate the co-benefits. The findings show that substantial co-benefits could be achieved with three specific interventions. Energy intensity improvement can reduce SO2, NOx, PM and CO2 emissions for non-power sectors by 26–44%, 19–44%, 25–46% and 18–50%, respectively. Reductions from scale structure adjustment such as phasing out small firms and developing large ones can amount to 1–8%, 1–6%, 2–20% and 0.2–3%. Electrification can reduce emissions by 19–25%, 4–28%, 20–29% and 11–12% if the share of electricity generated from non-fossil fuel sources is 70%. Since firm heterogeneity is essential to realize the co-benefits and directly determines the magnitudes of these benefits, stricter and sensible environmental policies targeting industrial firms can accelerate China’s sustainable transformation. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Air pollution; Carbon dioxide; Emission control; Nitrogen oxides; Sulfur dioxide; CO2 emission reduction; Environmental policy; Firm heterogeneity; Industrial sector; Non-fossil fuels; Particulate Matter; Pollution reduction; Scenario simulations; Environmental protection
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163430
作者单位	Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; School of Economics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Center for Energy Economics and Strategy Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; SJTU-UNIDO Joint Institute of Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Institute for Big Data, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qian H.,Xu S.,Cao J.,等. Air pollution reduction and climate co-benefits in China’s industries[J],2021.
APA	Qian H..,Xu S..,Cao J..,Ren F..,Wei W..,...&Wu L..(2021).Air pollution reduction and climate co-benefits in China’s industries.Nature Sustainability.
MLA	Qian H.,et al."Air pollution reduction and climate co-benefits in China’s industries".Nature Sustainability (2021).