Decarbonizing China’s Road Transport Sector: Strategies toward Carbon Neutrality
Lulu Xue, Daizong Liu
Abstract
China’s road transport sector plays an important role in meeting carbon early peaking and carbon neutrality goals. This study examines how the sector might be decarbonized by modelling five scenarios using the LEAP model. This study aims to inform China road transport sector’s emission reduction target, identification of cost-effective measures that deliver on the sectoral emission reduction targets, facilitate low-carbon investments, and identification of decarbonization measures with air pollution reduction co-benefits.
Topics & Concepts
Road transportCarbon neutralityIdentification (biology)ChinaCarbon fibersNeutralityNatural resource economicsBusinessEnvironmental economicsReduction (mathematics)Environmental scienceGreenhouse gasTransport engineeringEconomicsEngineeringGeographyComputer sciencePolitical scienceEcologyBiologyGeometryMathematicsComposite numberArchaeologyLawAlgorithmVehicle emissions and performanceAir Quality and Health ImpactsClimate Change Policy and Economics