Impacts of air pollutants from rural Chinese households under the rapid residential energy transition

Shen, Guofeng, Ru, Muye, Du, Wei, Zhu, Xi, Zhong, Qirui, Chen, Yilin, Shen, Huizhong, Yun, Xiao, Meng, Wenjun, Liu, Junfeng, Cheng, Hefa, Hu, Jianying, Guan, Dabo and Tao, Shu (2019) Impacts of air pollutants from rural Chinese households under the rapid residential energy transition. Nature Communications, 10 (1). ISSN 2041-1723

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Abstract

Rural residential energy consumption in China is experiencing a rapid transition towards clean energy, nevertheless, solid fuel combustion remains an important emission source. Here we quantitatively evaluate the contribution of rural residential emissions to PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm) and the impacts on health and climate. The clean energy transitions result in remarkable reductions in the contributions to ambient PM2.5, avoiding 130,000 (90,000-160,000) premature deaths associated with PM2.5 exposure. The climate forcing associated with this sector declines from 0.057 ± 0.016 W/m2 in 1992 to 0.031 ± 0.008 W/m2 in 2012. Despite this, the large remaining quantities of solid fuels still contributed 14 ± 10 μg/m3 to population-weighted PM2.5 in 2012, which comprises 21 ± 14% of the overall population-weighted PM2.5 from all sources. Rural residential emissions affect not only rural but urban air quality, and the impacts are highly seasonal and location dependent.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy,sdg 11 - sustainable cities and communities,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2019 11:30
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 05:05
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71853
DOI:	10.1038/s41467-019-11453-w

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