Carbon and air pollutant emissions from China's cement industry 1990–2015: trends, evolution of technologies, and drivers

Liu, Jun; Tong, Dan; Zheng, Yixuan; Cheng, Jing; Qin, Xinying; Shi, Qinren; Yan, Liu; Lei, Yu; Zhang, Qiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1627-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1627-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1627-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 3

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08 Feb 2021

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| 08 Feb 2021

Carbon and air pollutant emissions from China's cement industry 1990–2015: trends, evolution of technologies, and drivers

Jun Liu, Dan Tong, Yixuan Zheng, Jing Cheng, Xinying Qin, Qinren Shi, Liu Yan, Yu Lei, and Qiang Zhang

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In this study, we investigated the decadal changes in carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions in China's cement industry for the period 1990–2015 based on intensive unit-based information. We found that from 1990 to 2015, accompanied by a 10.3-fold increase in cement production, CO₂, SO₂, and NO_x emissions from China's cement industry increased by 627 %, 56 %, and 659 %, whereas CO, PM_2.5, and PM₁₀ emissions decreased by 9 %, 63 %, and 59 %, respectively.