Chinese CO2 emission flows have reversed since the global financial crisis

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mi, Zhifu ^a,b   Meng, Jing ^a   Guan, Dabo ^a   Shan, Yuli ^a   Song, Malin ^c   Wei, Yi Ming ^d   Liu, Zhu ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL TRADE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GAS EVOLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 85034992719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01820-w     Document Type: Article

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