Synergetic roadmap of carbon neutrality and clean air for China

Qiang Zhang; Zhicong Yin; Xi Lu; Jicheng Gong; Yu Lei; Bofeng Cai; Cilan Cai; Qimin Chai; Huopo Chen; Hancheng Dai; Zhanfeng Dong; Guannan Geng; Dabo Guan; Jianlin Hu; Cunrui Huang; Jianing Kang; Tiantian Li; Wei Li; Yongsheng Lin; Jun Liu; Xin Liu; Zhu Liu; Jinghui Ma; Guofeng Shen; Dan Tong; Xuhui Wang; Xuying Wang; Zhili Wang; Yang Xie; Honglei Xu; Tao Xue; Bing Zhang; Da Zhang; Shaohui Zhang; Shaojun Zhang; Xian Zhang; Bo Zheng; Yixuan Zheng; Tong Zhu; Jinnan Wang; Kebin He

doi:10.1016/j.ese.2023.100280

Synergetic roadmap of carbon neutrality and clean air for China

Environ Sci Ecotechnol. 2023 Apr 19:16:100280. doi: 10.1016/j.ese.2023.100280. eCollection 2023 Oct.

Authors

Qiang Zhang¹, Zhicong Yin², Xi Lu^{3

4}, Jicheng Gong⁵, Yu Lei^{6

7}, Bofeng Cai⁷, Cilan Cai¹, Qimin Chai⁸, Huopo Chen⁹, Hancheng Dai¹⁰, Zhanfeng Dong¹¹, Guannan Geng³, Dabo Guan¹, Jianlin Hu¹², Cunrui Huang¹³, Jianing Kang¹⁴, Tiantian Li¹⁵, Wei Li¹, Yongsheng Lin¹⁶, Jun Liu¹⁷, Xin Liu¹⁸, Zhu Liu¹, Jinghui Ma¹⁹, Guofeng Shen²⁰, Dan Tong¹, Xuhui Wang²⁰, Xuying Wang⁶, Zhili Wang²¹, Yang Xie²², Honglei Xu²³, Tao Xue²⁴, Bing Zhang²⁵, Da Zhang²⁶, Shaohui Zhang²², Shaojun Zhang³, Xian Zhang²⁷, Bo Zheng²⁸, Yixuan Zheng⁶, Tong Zhu⁵, Jinnan Wang^{6

7

11}, Kebin He^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
² Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
³ State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
⁴ Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
⁵ State Key Joint Laboratory for Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Center for Environment and Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
⁶ Center of Air Quality Simulation and System Analysis, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China.
⁷ Center for Carbon Neutrality, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China.
⁸ National Center for Climate Change, Strategy and International Cooperation, Beijing, 100035, China.
⁹ Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China.
¹⁰ College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
¹¹ Institute of Environmental Policy Management, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China.
¹² Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China.
¹³ Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
¹⁴ Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
¹⁵ China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China.
¹⁶ School of Economics and Resource Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
¹⁷ Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China.
¹⁸ Energy Foundation China, Beijing, 100004, China.
¹⁹ Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai Meteorological Service, Shanghai, 200030, China.
²⁰ College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
²¹ State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather and Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
²² School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
²³ Laboratory of Transport Pollution Control and Monitoring Technology, Transport Planning and Research Institute, Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100028, China.
²⁴ Institute of Reproductive and Child Health/Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100080, China.
²⁵ State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210008, China.
²⁶ Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
²⁷ The Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Beijing, 100038, China.
²⁸ Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China.

Abstract

It is well recognized that carbon dioxide and air pollutants share similar emission sources so that synergetic policies on climate change mitigation and air pollution control can lead to remarkable co-benefits on greenhouse gas reduction, air quality improvement, and improved health. In the context of carbon peak, carbon neutrality, and clean air policies, this perspective tracks and analyzes the process of the synergetic governance of air pollution and climate change in China by developing and monitoring 18 indicators. The 18 indicators cover the following five aspects: air pollution and associated weather-climate conditions, progress in structural transition, sources, inks, and mitigation pathway of atmospheric composition, health impacts and benefits of coordinated control, and synergetic governance system and practices. By tracking the progress in each indicator, this perspective presents the major accomplishment of coordinated control, identifies the emerging challenges toward the synergetic governance, and provides policy recommendations for designing a synergetic roadmap of Carbon Neutrality and Clean Air for China.

Keywords: Carbon neutrality; Clean air; Synergetic roadmap.

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