Environmental Science and Ecotechnology (May 2024)
The 2022 report of synergetic roadmap on carbon neutrality and clean air for China: Accelerating transition in key sectors
- Yu Lei,
- Zhicong Yin,
- Xi Lu,
- Qiang Zhang,
- Jicheng Gong,
- Bofeng Cai,
- Cilan Cai,
- Qimin Chai,
- Huopo Chen,
- Renjie Chen,
- Shi Chen,
- Wenhui Chen,
- Jing Cheng,
- Xiyuan Chi,
- Hancheng Dai,
- Xiangzhao Feng,
- Guannan Geng,
- Jianlin Hu,
- Shan Hu,
- Cunrui Huang,
- Tiantian Li,
- Wei Li,
- Xiaomei Li,
- Jun Liu,
- Xin Liu,
- Zhu Liu,
- Jinghui Ma,
- Yue Qin,
- Dan Tong,
- Xuhui Wang,
- Xuying Wang,
- Rui Wu,
- Qingyang Xiao,
- Yang Xie,
- Xiaolong Xu,
- Tao Xue,
- Haipeng Yu,
- Da Zhang,
- Ning Zhang,
- Shaohui Zhang,
- Shaojun Zhang,
- Xian Zhang,
- Xin Zhang,
- Zengkai Zhang,
- Bo Zheng,
- Yixuan Zheng,
- Jian Zhou,
- Tong Zhu,
- Jinnan Wang,
- Kebin He
Affiliations
- Yu Lei
- Center of Air Quality Simulation and System Analysis, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China; Center for Carbon Neutrality, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China; Corresponding author. Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China.
- Zhicong Yin
- 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
- Xi Lu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Qiang Zhang
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Corresponding author. Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- Jicheng Gong
- 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; Corresponding author. College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
- Bofeng Cai
- Center for Carbon Neutrality, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China
- Cilan Cai
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Qimin Chai
- National Center for Climate Change, Strategy and International Cooperation, Beijing, 100035, China
- Huopo Chen
- Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China
- Renjie Chen
- School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education and Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China
- Shi Chen
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Wenhui Chen
- School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- Jing Cheng
- Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
- Xiyuan Chi
- National Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China
- Hancheng Dai
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Xiangzhao Feng
- Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100029, China
- Guannan Geng
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Jianlin Hu
- 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
- Shan Hu
- Building Energy Research Center, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Cunrui Huang
- Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tiantian Li
- China CDC Key Laboratory of Environment and Population Health, National Institute of Environmental Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100021, China
- Wei Li
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Xiaomei Li
- National Center for Climate Change, Strategy and International Cooperation, Beijing, 100035, China
- Jun Liu
- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- Xin Liu
- Energy Foundation China, Beijing, 100004, China
- Zhu Liu
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Jinghui Ma
- Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai Meteorological Service, Shanghai, 200030, China
- Yue Qin
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Dan Tong
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Xuhui Wang
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Xuying Wang
- Center of Air Quality Simulation and System Analysis, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China
- Rui Wu
- Transport Planning and Research Institute (TPRI) of the Ministry of Transport, Beijing, 100028, China
- Qingyang Xiao
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Yang Xie
- School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
- Xiaolong Xu
- China Association of Building Energy Efficiency, Beijing, 100029, China
- Tao Xue
- 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
- Haipeng Yu
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
- Da Zhang
- Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Ning Zhang
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Shaohui Zhang
- School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
- Shaojun Zhang
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Xian Zhang
- The Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Beijing, 100038, China
- Xin Zhang
- National Center for Climate Change, Strategy and International Cooperation, Beijing, 100035, China
- Zengkai Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
- Bo Zheng
- Institute of Environment and Ecology, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Yixuan Zheng
- Center of Air Quality Simulation and System Analysis, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China
- Jian Zhou
- Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tong Zhu
- 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
- Jinnan Wang
- Center of Air Quality Simulation and System Analysis, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China; Center for Carbon Neutrality, Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100041, China
- Kebin He
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China; Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 19
p. 100335
Abstract
China is now confronting the intertwined challenges of air pollution and climate change. Given the high synergies between air pollution abatement and climate change mitigation, the Chinese government is actively promoting synergetic control of these two issues. The Synergetic Roadmap project was launched in 2021 to track and analyze the progress of synergetic control in China by developing and monitoring key indicators. The Synergetic Roadmap 2022 report is the first annual update, featuring 20 indicators across five aspects: synergetic governance system and practices, progress in structural transition, air pollution and associated weather-climate interactions, sources, sinks, and mitigation pathway of atmospheric composition, and health impacts and benefits of coordinated control. Compared to the comprehensive review presented in the 2021 report, the Synergetic Roadmap 2022 report places particular emphasis on progress in 2021 with highlights on actions in key sectors and the relevant milestones. These milestones include the proportion of non-fossil power generation capacity surpassing coal-fired capacity for the first time, a decline in the production of crude steel and cement after years of growth, and the surging penetration of electric vehicles. Additionally, in 2022, China issued the first national policy that synergizes abatements of pollution and carbon emissions, marking a new era for China's pollution-carbon co-control. These changes highlight China's efforts to reshape its energy, economic, and transportation structures to meet the demand for synergetic control and sustainable development. Consequently, the country has witnessed a slowdown in carbon emission growth, improved air quality, and increased health benefits in recent years.
