Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Societal benefits of halving agricultural ammonia emissions in China far exceed the abatement costs

  • Xiuming Zhang,
  • Baojing Gu,
  • Hans van Grinsven,
  • Shu Kee Lam,
  • Xia Liang,
  • Mei Bai,
  • Deli Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18196-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Global largest agricultural ammonia (NH3) emissions in China have caused severe damage to both ecosystem and human health, yet no policy is formulated to reduce NH3 emissions. Here, the authors show that halving agricultural NH3 emissions with feasible technical mitigation options in China generates far more societal benefits than abatement costs.