China's post-coal growth
Abstract
Slowing GDP growth, a structural shift away from heavy industry, and more proactive policies on air pollution and clean energy have caused China's coal use to peak. It seems that economic growth has decoupled from growth in coal consumption.
- Publication:
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- August 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1038/ngeo2777
- Bibcode:
- 2016NatGe...9..564Q
- Keywords:
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- Earth Science