ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2026
City-Scale, Source-Resolved Methane Inventories Reveal Drivers and Mitigation Pathways Across China's Cities.
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City-scale, source-resolved methane (CH4) inventories are needed in China because prefecture-level cities differ in energy systems, agricultural activities, and waste management. These differences lead to divergent dominant sources and mitigation needs. Yet city-level CH4 inventories across the energy, agriculture, and waste sectors remain scarce. This scarcity limits policy design, targeting, and evaluation. Here we develop a harmonized, annually consistent, multisector, source-resolved CH4 inventory for 339 prefecture-level cities in China during 2018-2024. We further use Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) driver attribution and scenario analysis to examine recent emission drivers and explore possible mitigation pathways. Over this period, national anthropogenic CH4 emissions increased by 2.61%, with regional heterogeneity shaped by differences in energy dependence, livestock management, and waste treatment. LMDI decomposition identifies economic activity as the dominant positive driver. Emission-intensity effects alternated between mitigating and reinforcing impacts, while structural effects were minor and population effects varied across space and time. Scenario simulations suggest that integrated multisector strategies could reduce national CH4 from 61.69 Mt in 2024-51.26 Mt in 2030 and 22.26 Mt in 2060, corresponding to a 63.9% reduction. These reductions are primarily driven by energy-sector measures, complemented by improvements in agriculture and waste management. This data set and attribution inform city-specific mitigation planning and source targeting, support monitoring, reporting, and verification, and provide a baseline for benchmarking progress toward national methane targets.
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