China's growing CO2 emissions - A race between increasing consumption and efficiency gains

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5939-5944

  Peters, Glen P ^a   Weber, Christopher L ^b   Guan, Dabo ^c   Hubacek, Klaus ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS;

EFFICIENCY GAINS; OFFSET CONSUMPTION; TOTAL EMISSIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NATIONAL ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FIELD EMISSION; HUMAN; URBAN POPULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; CLIMATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548567157     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070108f     Document Type: Article

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