Historical trend and drivers of China's CO₂ emissions from 2000 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: China is the largest CO₂ emitter in the world and announced that carbon peak and neutral targets will be achieved before 2030 and 2060, respectively. A retrospective analysis of past CO₂ emissions and their drivers is important for the actions of peaking CO₂ emissions before 2030 in China. CO₂ emissions from energy use (coal, oil, and natural gas) and cement production from 2000 to 2020 were calculated first, and their drivers were decomposed into economic and population growth, energy intensity, and emission coefficient by logarithmic mean Divisa index (LMDI) analysis in this study. China's CO₂ emissions increased nearly threefold from 3385 in 2000 to 10,788 million tonnes (Mt) in 2020, with a decline from 2013 to 2016. Coal was the m

SUBMITTER: Wei C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9759678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature