Saving less in China facilitates global CO2 mitigation

Saving less in China facilitates global CO2 mitigation

The partial effects of saving rate changes on CO2 emissions remain unclear. Here the authors found that the increase in saving rates of China has led to increments of global industrial CO2 emissions by 189 million tonnes (Mt) during 2007-2012, while global CO2 emissions would be reduced by 186 Mt if...

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Main Authors: Chen Lin, Jianchuan Qi, Sai Liang, Cuiyang Feng, Thomas O. Wiedmann, Yihan Liao, Xuechun Yang, Yumeng Li, Zhifu Mi, Zhifeng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15175-2
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Summary:The partial effects of saving rate changes on CO2 emissions remain unclear. Here the authors found that the increase in saving rates of China has led to increments of global industrial CO2 emissions by 189 million tonnes (Mt) during 2007-2012, while global CO2 emissions would be reduced by 186 Mt if the saving rates of China decreased by 15 percentage points.
ISSN:2041-1723

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