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ArticleNature communications2022

Contrasting suitability and ambition in regional carbon mitigation.

Yu Liu, Mingxi Du, Qi Cui, Jintai Lin, Yawen Liu, Qiuyu Liu, Dan Tong, Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Yu Liu *Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. liuyu@casipm.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4605-0110
Mingxi Du *School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China. dumingxi28@xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6831-4255
Qi Cui *School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3704-8257
Jintai LinLaboratory for Climate and Ocean-Atmosphere Studies, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. linjt@pku.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-2362-2940
Yawen LiuDigital Economy Laboratory, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 100029, China.
Qiuyu LiuSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China.
Dan TongMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modelling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
Kuishuang FengDepartment of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5139-444X
Klaus HubacekIntegrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen (ESRIG), University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AG, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2561-6090
Peking University · CNUniversity of International Business and Economics · CNBeijing Normal University · CNTsinghua University · CNUniversité du Québec à Montréal · CAUniversity of Groningen · NLUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substantially enhancing carbon mitigation ambition is a crucial step towards achieving the Paris climate goal. Yet this attempt is hampered by poor knowledge on the potential cost and benefit of emission mitigation for each emitter. Here we use a global economic model to assess the mitigation costs for 27 major emitting countries and regions, and further contrast the costs against the potential benefits of mitigation valued as avoided social cost of carbon and the mitigation ambition of each region. We find a strong negative spatial correlation between cost and benefit of mitigating each ton of carbon dioxide. Meanwhile, the relative suitability of carbon mitigation, defined as the ratio of normalized benefit to normalized cost, also shows a considerable geographical mismatch with the mitigation ambition of emitters indicated in their first submitted nationally determined contributions. Our work provides important information to improve concerted climate action and formulate more efficient carbon mitigation strategies.

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Identifiers

PMID35835973
PMCPMC9283498
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