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| DOI | 10.1016/j.accre.2021.09.005 |
| A U.S.‒China coal power transition and the global 1.5 °C pathway | |
| Cui R.Y.; Hultman N.; Cui D.-Y.; Mcjeon H.; Clarke L.; Yuan J.-H.; Cai W.-J. | |
| 发表日期 | 2022 |
| ISSN | 1674-9278 |
| 起始页码 | 179 |
| 结束页码 | 186 |
| 卷号 | 13期号:2 |
| 英文摘要 | As the world seeks to increase ambition rapidly to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, joint leadership from the world's largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters—the United States (U.S.) and China—will be critical to deliver significant emissions reductions from their own countries as well as to catalyze increased international action. After a period of uncertainty in international climate policy, these countries now both have current leadership that supports ambitious climate action. In this context, a feasible, high-impact, and potentially globally catalytic agreement by the U.S. and China to transition away from coal to clean energy would be a major contribution toward this global effort. We undertake a plant-by-plant assessment in the power sector to identify practical coal retirement pathways for each country that are in line with national priorities and the global 1.5 °C target. Our plant-by-plant analysis shows that the 1.5 °C-compatible pathways may result in an average retirement age of 47 years for the U.S. coal plants and 22 years for Chinese coal plants, raising important questions of how to compare broader economic, employment, and social impacts. We also demonstrate that such pathways would also lead to significant emissions reductions, lowering overall global energy-related CO2 emissions by about 9% in 2030 relative to 2020. A catalytic effect from the possibility of other countries taking compatible actions is estimated to reduce global emissions by 5.1 Gt CO2 in 2030 and by 10.1 Gt CO2 in 2045. © 2021 The Authors |
| 英文关键词 | Climate mitigation; Coal power transition; Integrated assessment modeling; Paris agreement; U.S.‒China |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 来源期刊 | Advances in Climate Change Research
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/262086 |
| 作者单位 | Center for Global Sustainability, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States; Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, United States; School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China; Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cui R.Y.； Hultman N.； Cui D.-Y.； Mcjeon H.； Clarke L.； Yuan J.-H.； Cai W.-J.. A U.S.‒China coal power transition and the global 1.5 °C pathway[J],2022,13(2). |
| APA | Cui R.Y.； Hultman N.； Cui D.-Y.； Mcjeon H.； Clarke L.； Yuan J.-H.； Cai W.-J..(2022).A U.S.‒China coal power transition and the global 1.5 °C pathway.Advances in Climate Change Research,13(2). |
| MLA | Cui R.Y.； Hultman N.； Cui D.-Y.； Mcjeon H.； Clarke L.； Yuan J.-H.； Cai W.-J.."A U.S.‒China coal power transition and the global 1.5 °C pathway".Advances in Climate Change Research 13.2(2022). |
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