A large but transient carbon sink from urbanization and rural depopulation in China

Zhang, XX; Brandt, M; Tong, XW; Ciais, P; Yue, YM; Xiao, XM; Zhang, WM; Wang, KL; Fensholt, R

Tong, XW (通讯作者),Univ Copenhagen, Dept Geosci & Nat Resource Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.;Yue, YM (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Subtrop Agr, Key Lab Agroecol Proc Subtrop Reg, Changsha, Peoples R China.;Yue, YM (通讯作者),Chinese Acad Sci, Huanjiang Observat & Res Stn Karst Ecosyst, Huanjiang, Peoples R China.

NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 2022; 5 (4): 321

Abstract

China has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 but policies favouring urbanization could slow down progress. This study tests the hypothesis t......

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