Collaborative control path of pollution and carbon reduction in industrial field in Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos region of Inner Mongolia.

The collaborative control of pollution and carbon emission reduction in industrial fields is crucial for improving regional air quality and mitigating climate change. However, to our knowledge, there is limited research regarding the collaborative control paths for reducing industrial pollution and carbon emissions. The present study assesses the potential for reducing emissions of air pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO) in the industries operating in the Hohhot-Baotou-Ordos (HBO) region of Inner Mongolia.

Air quality and health benefits for different heating decarbonization pathways in China.

The urgent need for decarbonization in China's heating system, comprised of approximately one hundred thousand boilers, is imperative to meet climate and clean air objectives. To formulate national and regional strategies, we developed an integrated model framework that combines a facility-level emission inventory, the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model, and the Global Exposure Mortality Model (GEMM). We then explore the air quality and health benefits of alternative heating decarbonization pathways, including the retirement of coal-fired industrial boilers (CFIBs) for replacement with grid-bound heat supply systems, coal-to-gas conversion, and coal-to-biomass conversion.

Comprehensive performance evaluation of coordinated development of industrial economy and its air pollution control.

Exploring coordinated pathways that can promote not only the sustainable development of the industrial economy but also air quality is of great significance for the prevention and control of air pollution in China. Currently, the joint development pathways of the industrial economy-environment nexus remain unclear and poorly evaluated. In this study, we proposed a comprehensive performance evaluation combining objective and subjective weighting to identify industrial enterprises' economic-environment nexus benefits.