| Title: | Role of export industries on ozone pollution and its precursors in China |
| Author(s): | Ou J; Huang Z; Klimont Z; Jia G; Zhang S; Li C; Meng J; Mi Z; Zheng H; Shan Y; Louie PKK; Zheng J; Guan D; |
| Address: | "Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CH, the Netherlands. School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7JT, UK. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria. Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, A-2361, Laxenburg, Austria. klimont@iiasa.ac.at. School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, University Town, Guangzhou, China. School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, 37 Xueyuan Road, 100091, Beijing, China. Research Center for Eco-Envivronmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, China. The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK. Industrial Ecology Programme, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747, AG, the Netherlands. Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department, 5 Gloucester Road, Hong Kong, China. Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. zheng.junyu@gmail.com. The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK. guandabo@hotmail.com. Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China. guandabo@hotmail.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-020-19035-x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2041-1723 (Electronic) 2041-1723 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This study seeks to estimate how global supply chain relocates emissions of tropospheric ozone precursors and its impacts in shaping ozone formation. Here we show that goods produced in China for foreign markets lead to an increase of domestic non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) emissions by 3.5 million tons in 2013; about 13% of the national total or, equivalent to half of emissions from European Union. Production for export increases concentration of NMVOCs (including some carcinogenic species) and peak ozone levels by 20-30% and 6-15% respectively, in the coastal areas. It contributes to an estimated 16,889 (3,839-30,663, 95% CI) premature deaths annually combining the effects of NMVOCs and ozone, but could be reduced by nearly 40% by closing the technology gap between China and EU. Export demand also alters the emission ratios between NMVOCs and nitrogen oxides and hence the ozone chemistry in the east and south coast" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEOu, Jiamin Huang, Zhijiong Klimont, Zbigniew Jia, Guanglin Zhang, Shaohui Li, Cheng Meng, Jing Mi, Zhifu Zheng, Heran Shan, Yuli Louie, Peter K K Zheng, Junyu Guan, Dabo eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2020/11/01 Nat Commun. 2020 Oct 30; 11(1):5492. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19035-x" |
