Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Greenhouse gas consequences of the China dual credit policy

  • Xin He,
  • Shiqi Ou,
  • Yu Gan,
  • Zifeng Lu,
  • Steven Victor Przesmitzki,
  • Jessey Lee Bouchard,
  • Lang Sui,
  • Amer Ahmad Amer,
  • Zhenhong Lin,
  • Rujie Yu,
  • Yan Zhou,
  • Michael Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19036-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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China issued the Dual Credit policy to improve vehicle efficiency and accelerate new energy vehicle adoption. Here the authors show that the total Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) of the Chinese passenger vehicle fleet are expected to peak in 2032 and a significant reduction in GHG emissions is possible by optimizing the Dual Credit policy.