Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Emissions accounting

China's uncertain CO2 emissions

Nature Climate Change volume 2, pages 645–646 (2012)Cite this article

Subjects

Climate change mitigation commitments and basic carbon-cycle science both require reliable information on carbon dioxide emissions. Uncertainties in energy data and carbon dioxide emissions estimates are particularly important when they involve large emitters.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Guan, D., Liu, Z., Geng, Y., Lindner, S. & Hubacek, K. Nature Clim. Change 2, 672–675 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Peters, G. P., Minx, J. C., Weber, C. L. & Edenhofer, O. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 108, 8903–8908 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Akimoto, H., Ohara, T., Kurokawa, J-i. & Horii, N. Atmos. Environ. 40, 7663–7667 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Jiao, L. & Stone, R. Science 334, 886–887 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Nghiem, S. V. et al. ISPRS J. Photogramm. 64, 367–380 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Gregg Marland is at the Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 28608-2131, USA,

    Gregg Marland

Authors
  1. Gregg Marland
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Gregg Marland.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Marland, G. China's uncertain CO2 emissions. Nature Clim Change 2, 645–646 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1670

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1670

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing