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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. Managing air quality in China in a changing climate will thus become more challenging. RCP 4.5).

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Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

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A study lead by researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has found a 1.4-gigatonne The gap, noted the researchers in their open-access paper in Nature Climate Change , is equivalent to Japan’s annual CO 2 emissions, the world’s fourth largest emitter, with 5% of the global total.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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The same study also concluded an overall lower consumption of tobacco worldwide is statistically linked to less people contracting lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC)—another type of NSCLC. This study, done in collaboration between NTU and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, showed that a 0.1 micrograms per cubic meter (?

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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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The report is based on recent results from the joint JRC/PBL Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), the latest statistics on energy use and various other activities. In 2013, the Chinese per capita CO 2 level of 7.4 Climate Change Emissions' In 2013, global CO 2 emissions grew to the new record of 35.3

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Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

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The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Munger, J.

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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The report, which is based on recent results from the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) and latest statistics for energy use and other activities, shows large national differences between industrialised countries. By comparison, Chinese per capita CO 2 emissions of 6.8 Source: JRC. Click each to enlarge.

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Global Wind Power Capacity Grew 28.8% in 2008; 120.8 GW Total

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Wind energy is the only power generation technology that can deliver the necessary cuts in CO 2 in the critical period up to 2020, when greenhouse cases must peak and begin to decline to avoid dangerous climate change. According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2008 , global electricity generation in 2007 was 19,894.8

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