Tackling air pollution and extreme climate changes in China: Implementing the Paris climate change agreement

Environment International

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 152-156

  Tambo, Ernest ^a,b   Duo quan, Wang ^c,d,e   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^c,d,e  

^a Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences   (Cameroon)

^b Africa Disease Intelligence and Surveillance   (Cameroon)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e WHO Collaborating Center for Occupational Health   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Climate changes; Implementation; Paris climate change agreement

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TRANSPORTATION; COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INVESTMENTS; MONITORING; POLLUTION DETECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WATER QUALITY; WIND POWER;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; IMPLEMENTATION; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; COAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR VEHICLE; NUCLEAR SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WATER QUALITY; CITY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WIND;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; POWER PLANTS; WIND;

EID: 84963959695     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.010     Document Type: Letter

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