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China–Russia gas deal for a cleaner China

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The China–Russia gas deal will play an important role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and air pollution in China.

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Figure 3: Contribution of the China–Russia gas deal to the demand and import of natural gas.
Figure 4: Potential CO2 reductions from the China–Russia gas deal compared with the reduction targets of developed countries.

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We greatly appreciate insightful comments and support from D. Qin and Y. Liu. This study was supported by the National Key Program for Global Change Research of China (2010CB950504), the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (41330527) and the Fund for Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China (41321001).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Zhuhai, 100875, 519087, China

    Wenjie Dong, Wenping Yuan, Peijun Shi & Jieming Chou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Wenping Yuan

  3. State Engineering Laboratory of Southern Forestry Applied Ecology and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, China

    Shuguang Liu

  4. College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    John Moore & Xuefeng Cui

  5. Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission, Beijing, 100038, China

    Shengbo Feng & Kejun Jiang

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Dong, W., Yuan, W., Liu, S. et al. China–Russia gas deal for a cleaner China. Nature Clim Change 4, 940–942 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2382

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