Approaching national climate targets in China considering the challenge of regional inequality.

ABSTRACT: Achievement of national climate targets and the corresponding costs would entirely depend on regional actions within the country. However, because of substantial inequalities and heterogeneities among regions, especially in developing economies, aggressive or uniform actions may exacerbate inequity and induce huge economic losses, which in turn challenges the national climate pledges. Hence, this study extends prior research by proposing economically optimal strategies that can achieve national climate targets and ensure the greatest local and national benefits as well as regional equality. Focusing on the biggest developing country China, we find this strategy can avoid up to 1.54% of cumulative GDP losses for approaching carbon neutrality, and more than 90% of regions would obtain econom

SUBMITTER: Yu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724292 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature