Low-carbon pathways for the booming express delivery sector in China

Peng Kang; Guanghan Song; Ming Xu; Travis R. Miller; Haikun Wang; Hui Zhang; Gang Liu; Ya Zhou; Junshu Ren; Ruoyu Zhong; Huabo Duan

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20738-4

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Low-carbon pathways for the booming express delivery sector in China

Peng Kang,
Guanghan Song,
Ming Xu,
Travis R. Miller,
Haikun Wang,
Hui Zhang,
Gang Liu,
Ya Zhou,
Junshu Ren,
Ruoyu Zhong,
Huabo Duan

Affiliations

Peng Kang: College of Civil & Transportation Engineering, Underground Polis Academy, Shenzhen University
Guanghan Song: College of Civil & Transportation Engineering, Underground Polis Academy, Shenzhen University
Ming Xu: School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Travis R. Miller: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
Haikun Wang: Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University
Hui Zhang: School of Chemistry & Environmental, Wuhan Institute of Technology
Gang Liu: SDU Life Cycle Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Environmental Technology, University of Southern Denmark
Ya Zhou: Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology
Junshu Ren: SF Group
Ruoyu Zhong: China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University
Huabo Duan: College of Civil & Transportation Engineering, Underground Polis Academy, Shenzhen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20738-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Online shopping deliveries are booming, but the environmental cost is not always accounted. Here, the authors examine the impact of delivery services in China from 2007 to 2018 and find that Greenhouse gas emissions surged from 0.3 Mt in 2007 to 13.7 Mt of CO2-equivalent in 2018, they predict that emissions could reach 75 MtCO2e by 2035 if no mitigation measures are adopted.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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