Methodology and applications of city level CO2 emission accounts in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 161, Issue , 2017, Pages 1215-1225

  Shan, Yuli ^a   Guan, Dabo ^a   Liu, Jianghua ^b   Mi, Zhifu ^a   Liu, Zhu ^a,c   Liu, Jingru ^d   Schroeder, Heike ^a   Cai, Bofeng ^e   Chen, Yang ^b   Shao, Shuai ^b   Zhang, Qiang ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning   (China)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese cities; CO2 emissions inventory; Energy balance table

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE;

CHINESE CITIES; CLIMATE POLICY; CO2 EMISSIONS; DATA QUALITY; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSIONS INVENTORY; ENERGY CONSUMER; INDUSTRY PRODUCTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85020941511     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.075     Document Type: Article

References (90)

1. Barrett, J., Peters, G., Wiedmann, T., Scott, K., Lenzen, M., Roelich, K., Le Quéré, C., Consumption-based GHG emission accounting: a UK case study. Clim. Pol. 13 (2013), 451–470.
2. 2 emissions inventories at the urban regional scale. Environ. Pollut. 170 (2012), 113–123.
3. Cai, B., A study on city greenhouse gas emissions inventory [Chinese document]. Adv. Clim. Change Res., 1, 2011, 007.
4. Cai, B., Research on greenhouse gas emissions inventory in the cities of China [Chinese document]. China population. Res. Environ. 22 (2012), 21–27.
5. 2 emissions in China: spatial boundary and performance comparison. Energy Pol. 66 (2014), 557–567 ://WOS:000332135900051.
6. Chen, S., Chen, B., Network environ perspective for urban metabolism and carbon emissions: a case study of Vienna, Austria. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46 (2012), 4498–4506.
7. Chen, S., Chen, B., Coupling of carbon and energy flows in cities: a meta-analysis and nexus modelling. Appl. Energy 194 (2017), 774–783.
8. Chen, S., Chen, B., Tracking inter-regional carbon flows: a hybrid network model. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50 (2016), 4731–4741.
9. Chen, S., Chen, B., Su, M., Nonzero-sum relationships in mitigating urban carbon emissions: a dynamic network simulation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49 (2015), 11594–11603.
10. P. R. China National Development and Reform Commision (NDRC), Guidelines for Provincal Greenhouse Gas Inventories. [Chinese document], 2011.
11. Chinese National Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine (NAQSIQ), National Industries Classification (GB/T 4754-2011). [Chinese Document], 2011.
12. Creutzig, F., Baiocchi, G., Bierkandt, R., Pichler, P.P., Seto, K.C., Global typology of urban energy use and potentials for an urbanization mitigation wedge. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 112, 2015 6283–5288 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25583508.
13. Department of Energy Statistics of National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China, China Energy Statistical Yearbook [Chinese Document]. 2016, China Statistics Press, Beijing, China.
14. Department of Energy Statistics of National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (NBS), China Energy Statistical Yearbook [Chinese Document]. 1986-2013, China Statistics Press, Beijing, China.
15. Dhakal, S., Urban energy use and carbon emissions from cities in China and policy implications. Energy Pol. 37 (2009), 4208–4219.
16. Dhakal, S., GHG emissions from urbanization and opportunities for urban carbon mitigation. Curr. Opin. Environ. Sustain. 2 (2010), 277–283.
17. Dodman, D., Blaming cities for climate change? An analysis of urban greenhouse gas emissions inventories. Environ. Urbanization 21 (2009), 185–201.
18. European Commission, Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research. 2014 http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php.
19. 2 within China. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 110 (2013), 11654–11659.
20. 2 emissions from 1980 to 2030. Global Environ. Change 18 (2008), 626–634.
21. 2 emissions surge. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, 2009, L04709.
22. Guan, D., Liu, Z., Geng, Y., Lindner, S., Hubacek, K., The gigatonne gap in China's carbon dioxide inventories. Nat. Clim. Change 2 (2012), 672–675.
23. Guan, D., Shan, Y., Liu, Z., He, K., Performance assessment and outlook of China's emission-trading scheme. Engineering 2 (2016), 398–401.
24. Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Guangzhou Statistical Yearbook 2011 [Chinese Document]. 2011, China Statistics Press, Beijing, China.
25. Hasegawa, R., Kagawa, S., Tsukui, M., Carbon footprint analysis through constructing a multi-region input–output table: a case study of Japan. J. Econ. Struct. 4 (2015), 1–20.
26. Hefei Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Hefei Statistical Yearbook 2011 [Chinese Document]. 2011, China Statistics Press, Beijing, China.
27. Hillman, T., Ramaswami, A., Greenhouse gas emission footprints and energy use benchmarks for eight US cities. Environ. Sci. Technol. 44 (2010), 1902–1910.
28. Hoornweg, D., Sugar, L., Gomez, C.L.T., Cities and greenhouse gas emissions: moving forward. Environ. Urbanization, 2011 0956247810392270.
29. Huangshi Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Huangshi Statistical Yearbook 2011 [Chinese Document]. 2011, China Statistics Press, Beijing, China.
30. Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Chen, B., Changing lifestyles towards a low carbon economy: an IPAT analysis for China. Energies 5 (2011), 22–31.
31. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. 2006, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hayama, Japan.
32. International Energy Agency (IEA), Cities, Towns and Renewable Energy, Paris, France. 2009 http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/cities2009.pdf.
33. Jonas, M., Gusti, M., Jêda, W., Nahorski, Z., Nilsson, S., Comparison of preparatory signal analysis techniques for consideration in the (post-)Kyoto policy process. Clim. Change 103 (2010), 175–213.
34. Jonas, M., Marland, G., Krey, V., Wagner, F., Nahorski, Z., Uncertainty in an emissions-constrained world. Clim. Change 124 (2014), 459–476.
35. Karvosenoja, N., Tainio, M., Kupiainen, K., Tuomisto, J.T., Kukkonen, J., Johansson, M., Evaluation of the emissions and uncertainties of PM 2.5 originated from vehicular traffic and domestic wood combustion in Finland. Boreal Environ. Res., 13, 2008.
36. Kennedy, C., Steinberger, J., Gasson, B., Hansen, Y., Hillman, T., Havranek, M., Pataki, D., Phdungsilp, A., Ramaswami, A., Mendez, G.V., Greenhouse gas emissions from global cities. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (2009), 7297–7302.
37. Kennedy, C., Steinberger, J., Gasson, B., Hansen, Y., Hillman, T., Havránek, M., Pataki, D., Phdungsilp, A., Ramaswami, A., Mendez, G.V., Methodology for inventorying greenhouse gas emissions from global cities. Energy Pol. 38 (2010), 4828–4837.
38. Kennedy, C.A., Ramaswami, A., Carney, S., Dhakal, S., Greenhouse Gas Emission Baselines for Global Cities and Metropolitan Regions. Cities and Climate Change Responding to an Urgent Agenda. 2011, 15–54.
39. Kennedy, C., Ibrahim, N., Hoornweg, D., Low-carbon infrastructure strategies for cities. Nat. Clim. Change 4 (2014), 343–346.
40. Kennedy, C.A., Stewart, I., Facchini, A., Cersosimo, I., Mele, R., Chen, B., Uda, M., Kansal, A., Chiu, A., Kim, K.-g, Energy and material flows of megacities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 112 (2015), 5985–5990.
41. Lang, J., Cheng, S., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, G., Air pollutant emissions from on-road vehicles in China, 1999-2011. Sci. Total Environ. 496 (2014), 1–10 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25051424.
42. Le Quéré, C., Moriarty, R., Andrew, R., Canadell, J., Sitch, S., Korsbakken, J., Friedlingstein, P., Peters, G., Andres, R., Boden, T., Global carbon budget 2015. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 7 (2015), 349–396.
43. 2 emissions from cement production in China, 1990–2020. Atmos. Environ. 45 (2011), 147–154.
44. Liang, S., Zhang, T., Urban metabolism in China achieving dematerialization and decarbonization in Suzhou. J. Ind. Ecol. 15 (2011), 420–434.
45. Liu, Z., Carbon Emissions in China. 2016, Springer.
46. Liu, Z., Geng, Y., Lindner, S., Zhao, H., Fujita, T., Guan, D., Embodied energy use in China's industrial sectors. Energy Pol. 49 (2012), 751–758.
47. Liu, Z., Liang, S., Geng, Y., Xue, B., Xi, F.M., Pan, Y., Zhang, T.Z., Fujita, T., Features, trajectories and driving forces for energy-related GHG emissions from Chinese mega cites: the case of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing. Energy 37 (2012), 245–254 ://WOS:000300465800028.
48. Liu, Z., Guan, D., Crawford-Brown, D., Zhang, Q., He, K., Liu, J., Energy policy: a low-carbon road map for China. Nature 500 (2013), 143–145.
49. Liu, Z., Dong, H., Geng, Y., Lu, C., Ren, W., Insights into the regional greenhouse gas (ghg) emission of industrial processes: a case study of Shenyang, China. Sustainability 6 (2014), 3669–3685.
50. Liu, Z., Guan, D., Wei, W., Davis, S.J., Ciais, P., Bai, J., Peng, S., Zhang, Q., Hubacek, K., Marland, G., Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China. Nature 524 (2015), 335–338.
51. Lu, Y., Chen, B., Urban ecological footprint prediction based on the Markov chain. J. Clean. Prod., 2016, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.034.
52. 2 from fossil fuels. J. Ind. Ecol. 12 (2008), 136–139.
53. 2 emissions: characteristics, inter-regional transfer and emission reduction policies. Energy Pol. 39 (2011), 6136–6144 ://WOS:000295753000044.
54. Meng, J., Mi, Z., Yang, H., Shan, Y., Guan, D., Liu, J., The consumption-based black carbon emissions of China's megacities. J. Clean. Prod., 2017, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.185.
55. 2 emissions, nuclear energy, renewable energy and economic growth in the US. Energy Pol. 38 (2010), 2911–2915.
56. Mi, Z., Zhang, Y., Guan, D., Shan, Y., Liu, Z., Cong, R., Yuan, X.-C., Wei, Y.-M., Consumption-based emission accounting for Chinese cities. Appl. Energy 184 (2016), 1073–1081.
57. 2 emissions peak prior to 2030. J. Clean. Prod. 142 (2017), 2227–2236.
58. Ministry of Environmental Protection (P.R.China), The state council issues action plan on prevention and control of air pollution introducing ten measures to improve air quality. http://english.sepa.gov.cn/News_service/infocus/201309/t20130924_260707.shtml, 2013.
59. NDRC, The 12th five-year plan for energy development [Chinese document]. http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2013-2001/2023/content_2318554.htm, 2013.
60. 2 greenhouse gases: scientific understanding, control options and policy aspects. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2002, 525–540.
61. 2 emissions: the case of China. Energy Environ. 24 (2013), 1309–1321.
62. Penman, J., Good Practice Guidance and Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. 2000.
63. Peters, G., Weber, C., Liu, J., Construction of Chinese Energy and Emissions Inventory. 2006, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
64. 2 emissions after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Nat. Clim. Change 2 (2012), 2–4.
65. British Petroleum, BP Statistical Review of World Energy. 2011.
66. Qiu, D., Energy Planning and System Analysis [Chinese Document]. 1995, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China.
67. Ramaswami, A., Hillman, T., Janson, B., Reiner, M., Thomas, G., A demand-centered, hybrid life-cycle methodology for city-scale greenhouse gas inventories. Environ. Sci. Technol. 42 (2008), 6455–6461.
68. 2 emission inventories in China based on apparent energy consumption data and updated emission factors. Appl. Energy 184 (2016), 742–750.
69. 2 emissions from China's lime industry. Appl. Energy 166 (2016), 245–252.
70. 2 emissions in Shanghai (China), 1994–2009. Energy Pol. 39 (2011), 6476–6494.
71. Shao, L., Guan, D., Zhang, N., Shan, Y., Chen, G., Carbon emissions from fossil fuel consumption of Beijing in 2012. Environ. Res. Lett., 11, 2016, 114028.
72. 2 emission factors of cement production in China. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 34 (2014), 337–349.
73. Sugar, L., Kennedy, C., Leman, E., Greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese cities. J. Ind. Ecol. 16 (2012), 552–563.
74. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). http://unfccc.int/2860.php.
75. U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Outlook. 2010.
76. Wang, S., Zhang, C., Spatial and temporal distribution of air pollutant emissions from open burning of crop residues in China. Sci. Online 3 (2008), 329–333.
77. Wang, H., Zhang, R., Liu, M., Bi, J., The carbon emissions of Chinese cities. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 12 (2012), 6197–6206 ://WOS:000306808300010.
78. Wang, J., Cai, B., Zhang, L., Cao, D., Liu, L., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Z., Xue, W., High resolution carbon dioxide emission gridded data for China derived from point sources. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 (2014), 7085–7093.
79. Weifang Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Weifang Statistical Yearbook 2011 [Chinese Document]. 2011, China Statistics Press, Beijing, China.
80. Wiedmann, T., Wood, R., Lenzen, M., Minx, J., Guan, D., Barrett, J., Development of an Embedded Carbon Emissions Indicator–Producing a Time Series of Input-Output Tables and Embedded Carbon Dioxide Emissions for the UK by using a MRIO Data Optimisation System. 2008, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra, London.
81. Wolman, A., The metabolism of cities. Sci. Am. 213 (1965), 179–190.
82. Wu, Y., Streets, D., Wang, S., Hao, J., Uncertainties in estimating mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants in China. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 10 (2010), 2937–2946.
83. Xi, F., Geng, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Xue, B., Dong, H., Liu, Z., Ren, W., Fujita, T., Zhu, Q., Contributing to local policy making on GHG emission reduction through inventorying and attribution: a case study of Shenyang, China. Energy Pol. 39 (2011), 5999–6010.
84. Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Xiamen Statistical Yearbook 2011 [Chinese Document]. 2011, China Statistics Press, Beijing, China.
85. Xu, X., Research on GDP accounting scheme in annual economic census [Chinese document]. Econ. Sci., 2005, 5–17.
86. Yu, S.W., Wei, Y.M., Wang, K., Provincial allocation of carbon emission reduction targets in China: an approach based on improved fuzzy cluster and Shapley value decomposition. Energy Pol. 66 (2014), 630–644 ://WOS:000332135900057.
87. Zhang, Q., Streets, D.G., He, K., Wang, Y., Richter, A., Burrows, J.P., Uno, I., Jang, C.J., Chen, D., Yao, Z., NOx emission trends for China, 1995–2004: the view from the ground and the view from space. J Geophys. Res. Atmos., 112, 2007.
88. Zhao, Y., Wang, S., Duan, L., Lei, Y., Cao, P., Hao, J., Primary air pollutant emissions of coal-fired power plants in China: current status and future prediction. Atmos. Environ. 42 (2008), 8442–8452.
89. Zhao, Y., Nielsen, C.P., Lei, Y., McElroy, M.B., Hao, J., Quantifying the uncertainties of a bottom-up emission inventory of anthropogenic atmospheric pollutants in China. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 11 (2011), 2295–2308 ://WOS:000288368900027.
90. 2 emissions and mitigation potential in China's ammonia industry. Energy Pol. 38 (2010), 3701–3709.