Urban cross-sector actions for carbon mitigation with local health co-benefits in China

Anu Ramaswami (), Kangkang Tong, Andrew Fang, Raj M. Lal, Ajay Singh Nagpure, Yang Li, Huajun Yu, Daqian Jiang, Armistead G. Russell, Lei Shi, Marian Chertow, Yangjun Wang and Shuxiao Wang
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Anu Ramaswami: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
Kangkang Tong: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
Andrew Fang: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
Raj M. Lal: Georgia Institute of Technology
Ajay Singh Nagpure: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus
Yang Li: Tsinghua University
Huajun Yu: Tsinghua University
Daqian Jiang: Yale University
Armistead G. Russell: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lei Shi: Tsinghua University
Marian Chertow: Yale University
Yangjun Wang: Shanghai University
Shuxiao Wang: Tsinghua University

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 10, 736-742

Abstract: Abstract Cities offer unique strategies to reduce fossil fuel use through the exchange of energy and materials across homes, businesses, infrastructure and industries co-located in urban areas. However, the large-scale impact of such strategies has not been quantified. Using new models and data sets representing 637 Chinese cities, we find that such cross-sectoral strategies—enabled by compact urban design and circular economy policies—contribute an additional 15%–36% to national CO2 mitigation, compared to conventional single-sector strategies. As a co-benefit, ∼25,500 to ∼57,500 deaths annually are avoided from air pollution reduction. The benefits are highly variable across cities, ranging from

Date: 2017
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