Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 524; no. 7565; pp. 335 - 338
• Main Authors: Liu, Zhu, Guan, Dabo, Wei, Wei, Davis, Steven J., Ciais, Philippe, Bai, Jin, Peng, Shushi, Zhang, Qiang, Hubacek, Klaus, Marland, Gregg, Andres, Robert J., Crawford-Brown, Douglas, Lin, Jintai, Zhao, Hongyan, Hong, Chaopeng, Boden, Thomas A., Feng, Kuishuang, Peters, Glen P., Xi, Fengming, Liu, Junguo, Li, Yuan, Zhao, Yu, Zeng, Ning, He, Kebin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.08.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/694/682; 704/844/2175; 704/844/682; 704/844/685; Carbon; Carbon - analysis; Carbon Dioxide - analysis; Carbon dioxide emissions; Carbon Sequestration; Carbon sinks; Cement; Cement plants; China; Climate Change; Climate-change mitigation; Climate-change policy; Coal - utilization; Combustion; Construction Materials - supply & distribution; Continental interfaces, environment; Emission measurements; Emissions; Energy consumption; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Estimates; Fossil fuels; Fossil Fuels - utilization; Humanities and Social Sciences; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; letter; multidisciplinary; Ocean, Atmosphere; Science; Sciences of the Universe; Sustainability; Trees - metabolism; Uncertainty; China

A revised estimate of Chinese carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement production is presented, based on updated energy consumption and clinker production data and two new sets of measured emission factors for Chinese coal. Downward revision of China's carbon emissions China emits l...