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DOI	10.1016/j.accre.2021.09.005
	A US-China coal power transition and the global 1.5 degrees C pathway
	CUI, Ryna Yiyun; HULTMAN, Nathan; CUI, Di-Yang; MCJEON, Haewon; CLARKE, Leon; YUAN, Jia-Hai; CAI, Wen-Jia
发表日期	2022
ISSN	1674-9278
起始页码	179
结束页码	186
卷号	13 期号:2 页码:8
英文摘要	As the world seeks to increase ambition rapidly to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C, joint leadership from the world's largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters-the United States (U.S.) and China-will be critical to deliver significant emissions reductions from their own countries as well as to catalyze increased international action. After a period of uncertainty in international climate policy, these countries now both have current leadership that supports ambitious climate action. In this context, a feasible, high-impact, and potentially globally catalytic agreement by the U.S. and China to transition away from coal to clean energy would be a major contribution toward this global effort. We undertake a plant-by-plant assessment in the power sector to identify practical coal retirement pathways for each country that are in line with national priorities and the global 1.5 degrees C target. Our plant-by-plant analysis shows that the 1.5 degrees C-compatible pathways may result in an average retirement age of 47 years for the U.S. coal plants and 22 years for Chinese coal plants, raising important questions of how to compare broader economic, employment, and social impacts. We also demonstrate that such pathways would also lead to significant emissions reductions, lowering overall global energy-related CO2 emissions by about 9% in 2030 relative to 2020. A catalytic effect from the possibility of other countries taking compatible actions is estimated to reduce global emissions by 5.1 Gt CO2 in 2030 and by 10.1 Gt CO2 in 2045.
英文关键词	US-China; Coal power transition; Climate mitigation; Paris agreement; Integrated assessment modeling
学科领域	Environmental Sciences; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000777105900004
来源期刊	ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/273946
作者单位	University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; United States Department of Energy (DOE); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; North China Electric Power University; Tsinghua University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	CUI, Ryna Yiyun,HULTMAN, Nathan,CUI, Di-Yang,et al. A US-China coal power transition and the global 1.5 degrees C pathway[J],2022,13(2):8.
APA	CUI, Ryna Yiyun.,HULTMAN, Nathan.,CUI, Di-Yang.,MCJEON, Haewon.,CLARKE, Leon.,...&CAI, Wen-Jia.(2022).A US-China coal power transition and the global 1.5 degrees C pathway.ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH,13(2),8.
MLA	CUI, Ryna Yiyun,et al."A US-China coal power transition and the global 1.5 degrees C pathway".ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH 13.2(2022):8.