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{"title":"Assessing decarbonization pathways by weighing carbon mitigation efficiency and risks in China's energy system","authors":"Qi Cui ,&nbsp;Xinyu Zhang ,&nbsp;Lingyu Yang ,&nbsp;Tariq Ali ,&nbsp;Yong Yang ,&nbsp;Hui Wang ,&nbsp;Ruoyu Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107935","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107935","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the world's leading developing nation, China faces significant challenges in balancing carbon reduction with socioeconomic development. Selecting the most effective decarbonization pathway is crucial for achieving China's carbon neutrality target by 2060. However, previous studies primarily focused on carbon mitigation efficiency while overlooking the operational risks associated with energy system transitions. This study couples a CGE model (CHINAGEM) and an energy system model (EnergyPLAN) through a soft-linkage method to comprehensively evaluate the environmental, economic, and energy impacts of various decarbonization pathways in China. By balancing carbon mitigation efficiency against operational risks, the study identifies the most suitable strategies for carbon neutrality. The findings show that increasing electricity generation and greater renewable energy penetration heighten power generation fluctuations, raising operational risks. Although pathways emphasizing renewable energy and end-use electrification can achieve higher carbon mitigation efficiency, they also pose greater operational risks to energy system. Implementing energy efficiency policies can mitigate these risks. Therefore, pathways that effectively balance high mitigation efficiency with lower operational risk are the most suitable for achieving China's carbon neutrality goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107935"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143768673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the impact of green finance development on clean renewable energy use in cooking: A new perspective at the household level","authors":"Binhui Wei ,&nbsp;Chunkai Zhao ,&nbsp;Jinchen Yan ,&nbsp;Jing Li","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107934","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107934","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While the positive environmental impact of green finance has garnered significant academic attention, most studies have focused on the industry or firm level. The potential effects of green financial development on household adoption of clean renewable energy (CRE) remain underexplored. This paper leverages the quasi-natural experiment of establishing the Green Finance Reform and Innovation Zone (GFRIZ) in China, using difference-in-differences and synthetic difference-in-differences methods to identify the causal impact of green financial development on household CRE use in cooking. The baseline findings indicate that the implementation of the GFRIZ policy increased the likelihood of households adopting CRE in cooking. Moreover, this positive impact can be attributed to environmental awareness, green innovation, and income growth effects. Further analyses revealed that green financial development has a more substantial positive effect on cooking CRE adoption among urban households, households engaged in services, highly educated households, and those in regions with better economic conditions and digital infrastructure. This study enhances the understanding of the environmental benefits of green financial development. Importantly, evidence from the Chinese context may offer valuable insights for other developing countries seeking to develop green finance systems to promote household energy transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107934"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rising energy-economic inequality in China and its determinants: A domestic value chain decomposition approach","authors":"Junna Yan ,&nbsp;Ping Zou ,&nbsp;Xiaoyong Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107936","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107936","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Interregional energy cooperation, exemplified by China's west-to-east electricity and gas transmission projects, plays crucial roles in safeguarding energy security and promoting economic growth. However, imbalanced energy-economic flows in domestic trade could undermine these collaborative efforts. This study investigates energy-economic inequality (EEI) associated with domestic trade, defined as the uneven distribution of energy costs and economic benefits across regions, and its determinants, using a domestic value chain (DVC) decomposition within a multi-regional input-output framework. The results show that: (1) Both energy consumption and value-added embodied in three DVC components (i.e., traditional, simple, complex DVCs) have steadily increased, highlighting substantial energy and economic transfers from resource-dependent inland regions to affluent coastal regions; (2) The national EEI index has demonstrated sustained growth, rising by 134.25 % between 2012 and 2020, with accelerated growth (81.16 %) occurring during 2017–2020. This upward trend was most pronounced within the complex DVC, with the greatest mutual EEIs observed between industrialized provinces (e.g., Beijing, Zhejiang, Guangdong) and resource-rich provinces (e.g., Qinghai, Ningxia); (3) Rising mutual EEIs between 2012 and 2020 were primarily driven by interregional disparities in energy efficiency and production structure. For specific DVC pathways, the EEI in the traditional DVCs was mainly influenced by final demand structure effects, while those in simple and complex DVCs were determined by production structure effects. This study offers a methodological framework for future research on environmental and economic inequalities based on DVC decomposition and provides insights for policymakers seeking to mitigate EEI through coordinated efforts within DVCs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107936"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143746791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the impacts of housing wealth on the evolution of household carbon emissions in China","authors":"Min Zhao ,&nbsp;Rong Yuan ,&nbsp;Xiaosong Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107926","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107926","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Our study explores the nexus between housing wealth and household carbon emissions (HCEs) in China, using data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) spanning 2014 to 2020. We find housing wealth positively correlates with HCEs, with stronger effects in households with agricultural hukou, young heads, low education, low income, multiple dwellings, and those in central or resource-based regions. The mechanism analysis shows that housing wealth drives HCEs through higher consumption, particularly in carbon-intensive goods like appliances and transportation, without altering overall consumption structure. The Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition reveals that housing wealth explains less than 20 % of the increase in HCEs during economic growth (2014–2018) but accounts for 68.5 % of the reduction in HCEs during the post-COVID economic downturn (2018–2020). These findings provide valuable insights for understanding the emissions impact of housing wealth, offering guidance for predicting future emission trends in China and other developing regions experiencing housing booms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107926"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143737760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synergy of carbon - pollution - ecology ——The future of synergetic reduction of pollution and carbon emissions","authors":"Huanzhi Wang ,&nbsp;Ting Liu ,&nbsp;He Xu ,&nbsp;Erfu Dai ,&nbsp;Huimin Hou","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107931","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107931","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the backdrop of intensifying global climate change and environmental pollution, the synergetic reduction of pollution and carbon emissions (SRPCE) has become a pivotal focus in environmental governance and policy-making. The integration of ecosystem services into this framework offers a promising approach to simultaneously enhance ecosystem quality, improve human well-being, and achieve dual objectives of environmental quality improvement and climate change mitigation. Nevertheless, current research and practical applications have largely neglected the collaborative dimension of ecosystem services in SRPCE strategies. This study, focusing on the Yellow River Basin and Haihe River Basin, investigates the spatial synergies among regional pollutants, carbon emissions, and ecosystem services through the development of a novel Carbon-Pollution-Ecology Synergy Index (CPESI). Our findings demonstrate substantial spatial heterogeneity in achieving the intertwined goals of pollution reduction, carbon mitigation, and ecosystem service maintenance, primarily driven by land use changes. Based on the analysis of CPESI results, only 4.1 % of areas achieve triple synergistic enhancement in ecosystem services, pollution carbon emission control. The area proportions of Double synergistic increased, Double synergistic descended, and Triple synergistic descended are 89.6 %, 5.9 %, and 0.4 %. Meanwhile,19.82 % of regions demonstrate a “dual synergy” pattern where pollution reduction coexists with carbon emission, highlighting systemic neglect of ecological service valuation in current governance. Through systematic quantification of the synergistic benefits between emission reduction (both pollutants and carbon) and ecosystem service enhancement, this research develops a comprehensive assessment methodology that effectively integrates environmental and ecological objectives, which serves as a valuable decision-support tool for optimization of cross-regional ecological and environmental governance policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107931"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of international agreements and government policies on collaborative management of environmental pollution and carbon emissions in the transportation sector","authors":"Chukwuemeka Kingsley John ,&nbsp;Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade ,&nbsp;Temitope Fausat Ajibade ,&nbsp;Pankaj Kumar ,&nbsp;Olaolu George Fadugba ,&nbsp;Bashir Adelodun","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to global carbon emissions and environmental pollution, posing a significant challenge to climate change mitigation efforts. Addressing this issue requires a comprehensive evaluation of how international agreements and national policies influence collaborative approaches to reducing emissions. This study systematically reviews the impact of key international frameworks, such as the Paris Agreement, on shaping national policies and fostering cooperative management strategies in the transportation sector. The review employs a qualitative analysis of policy documents, case studies, and international reports to assess the effectiveness of mechanisms such as carbon pricing, renewable energy incentives, and regulatory frameworks in curbing transportation-related emissions. The findings show that while these agreements foster innovative policies and multi-stakeholder collaborations, implementation challenges remain. Case studies highlight both successful and unsuccessful policy applications, emphasizing the role of regional initiatives and public-private partnerships in scaling sustainable transport solutions. However, barriers such as technological limitations, political and economic constraints, and weak enforcement mechanisms continue to hinder progress. This study underscores the need for enhanced international cooperation, continuous policy innovation, and investments in low-carbon transportation technologies to achieve long-term environmental sustainability. Strengthening global agreements and aligning national policies with international objectives will be crucial for realizing significant and lasting reductions in carbon emissions from the transportation sector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107930"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Characterizing dam fragmentation impacts on freshwater fish within life cycle impact assessment","authors":"Sif de Visser ,&nbsp;Valerio Barbarossa ,&nbsp;Tamara Keijzer ,&nbsp;Francesca Verones ,&nbsp;Martin Dorber","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Damming-induced fragmentation hinders crucial fish migration for feeding and spawning and alters habitat quality. However, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework lacks a model to quantify the impacts of freshwater habitat fragmentation. Our proposed methodology addresses this gap by developing characterization factors (CFs) with global coverage for the isolation risk of 7369 freshwater fish species. We use a macroecological range size-body size relationship to determine species' Minimum Viable Range Size (MVRS) and apply it to assess range fragmentation caused by 31,870 dams. To consider multipurpose reservoirs, we allocate the quantified impact in Potentially Disappeared Fraction of species (PDF) based on a ranking approach. The CFs express global quantified impact and range from 0 to 2.39·10⁻¹² PDF·yr·m⁻³ for hydropower for 524 basins, and from 0 to 3.17·10⁻⁰⁷ PDF·yr·m⁻³ for irrigation for 1355 basins worldwide. We calculate a weighted mean from the CFs per basin to obtain a global CF. This CF is 3.89·10⁻¹⁵ PDF·yr·m⁻³ (± 2.01·10⁻¹⁴ weighted standard deviation) for hydropower and 7.66·10⁻¹⁴ PDF·yr·m⁻³ (± 2.27·10⁻¹² weighted standard deviation) for irrigation. Applying the hydropower and irrigation CFs to a global case study for the operation of a hydropower plant and the production of basmati rice shows that the impact scores for fragmentation exceed those for land inundation and global warming but not for water consumption. In the case of Norway, the hydropower-induced fragmentation impact scores are the highest. This shows the importance of including freshwater fragmentation in decision-making tools such as LCA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107929"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can the use of aquatic non-native species across Europe mitigate their environmental impact?","authors":"Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel ,&nbsp;Cristina Román-Hidalgo","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107932","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107932","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>According to conservation science, non-native species in aquatic environments are species that are introduced by humans outside of their natural habitats. They alter ecosystem and biodiversity. In particular, invasive non-native species constitute a major risk that can threaten not only biodiversity and ecosystem, but also the economy and human health. The consequences of this invasive species presence require positive management actions including utilization of these species. The usual practice adopted against the unwanted presence of invasive non-native aquatic species in the environment is their eradication. However, non-native aquatic species, often dangerous to other species or to the environment, may be beneficial to humans. Controlling non-native aquatic species populations by reducing their numbers via utilization is an economically viable way by turning the species into resources rather than simply trying to eradicate them. The harnessing of non-native aquatic species (especially invasive non-native aquatic species) is still limited and needs to be extensively researched. Therefore, the aim of this work is to discuss the favorable and responsible use of non-native aquatic species for human consumption and industry as an alternative to their elimination. In this respect, different approaches to the use of these species are described and reviewed, and their potential for future applications in the context of mitigation of environmental impact is additionally analyzed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107932"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143703939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Low-carbon economy and innovative pilot program on trade in services: Quasi-experimental evidence from Chinese cities","authors":"Yichen Yang ,&nbsp;Penghu Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Trade in services is an important driver of the low-carbon economy, but related causal evidence is limited. To fill this gap, this paper uses China's innovative pilot program on trade in services (TSP) as a quasi-experiment and employs the staggered DID method to quantify the impact of this policy on carbon total factor productivity (CTFP). The empirical evidence shows that the TSP policy causes a 6.82 % increase in CTFP in pilot cities, primarily driven by technical innovation effects. However, it also results in a decline in environmental emission efficiency. Moreover, the policy exerts significant siphoning effects on nearby cities within a 150-km radius of the pilot cities, with the effects diminishing as physical distance increases. By considering the energy-saving targets from the 13th Five-Year Plan to identify the moderating role of environmental policy, high-intensity energy-saving targets are demonstrated to effectively mitigate the reduction of emission efficiency caused by the TSP policy. Our findings highlight the key role of service trade in promoting cities' low-carbon growth. Relevant authorities should continue to deepen the TSP policy and adopt diversified policy mixes to achieve a win-win outcome for both the economy and the environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107928"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social vulnerability assessment for air pollution in China","authors":"Qingnan Cai ,&nbsp;Delin Fang ,&nbsp;Bin Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107925","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107925","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ambient fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) is one of the most serious health risk factors. Provinces should not only reduce emission sources but also improve the social comprehensive ability to alleviate the air pollution health risk. This study established a social vulnerability index (SVI) for air pollution containing three dimensions (exposure, sensitivity, adaptability), which considered PM_2.5 health impact and social comprehensive ability. The global exposure mortality model and generalized principal component analysis method were applied to calculate these three dimensions values of SVI. PM_2.5 concentration in China increased during 2000–2013 and decreased significantly after 2013 due to the strict air control measures, and the national average level of exposure to air pollution showed the same trend correspondingly during 2000–2015. The national average level of sensitivity showed a continuously decreasing trend while adaptability showed an increasing trend. Provinces in central and western China had higher SVI showing a cluster spatial distribution. Tibet always exhibited a high SVI predominantly due to its pronounced sensitivity coupled with a lack of adaptability, while the high exposure and low adaptability level result in a similarly high SVI in Henan. In contrast, Beijing was always in the lowest five groups of SVI mainly because of its weak sensitivity and strong adaptability. Findings in this study help regions enact specific policies through exposure, sensitivity and adaptability dimensions to reduce health risk and mitigate social vulnerability of air pollution in China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":309,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Impact Assessment Review","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 107925"},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}