Existing techno-economic analyses of modern coal chemical technologies (MCCTs) neglect water constraints, which may underestimate the production cost of MCCTs and thus mislead investment activities. Considering this background, this study incorporated water scarcity and indirect water cost into...

Efforts to provide alternative resources and technologies for producing liquid fuel have recently been intensified. Different levels of dependence on oil imports and carbon prices have a significant impact on the composition of the cost-minimizing portfolio of technologies. Considering such...

This communication summarizes the main findings of INASUD, an Europeanwide research project on integrated assessment of climate policies. The projectaimed at improving the framing of climate policy analysis through the parallel use of various existing integrated assessment models. It provides a...

The availability of refuelling locations for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) is an important factor that drivers consider before adopting an AFV; thus, the layout of initial filling stations for AFVs will influence the adoption of AFVs. This paper presents a training system for optimising the...

The customized bus (CB) is a user-oriented, environment-friendly travel mode that provides flexible, demand-responsive service. During the eruption of COVID-19, more and more people have cut back on conventional public transport, which is crowded with people in narrow and enclosed spaces. While...

The resilience of the phosphorus (P) cycling network is critical to ecosystem functioning and human activities. Although P cycling pathways have been previously mapped, a knowledge gap remains in evaluating the P network’s ability to withstand shocks or disturbances. Applying principles of...

Shared mobility (SM) provides a feasible solution for reducing the number of private cars and alleviating urban traffic congestion. However, SM is not widely accepted in China’s mobility market. Based on a scenario choice experiment conducted in Beijing and Shanghai, we present two on-demand...

Protecting our environment while maintaining economic growth, requires a delicate balance among interlinked economic and environmental sustainable development policies. In this paper, we examine China’s economic industries including a fine-resolution electricity sector during 2020-2030, using...

To achieve carbon emissions peak and neutrality, the structural adjustment of both the economy and energy system of a country is essential. In this study, a multi-objective optimization model based on the Input-Output approach is built to coordinate diverse policy targets vis-à-vis GDP growth,...

Learning – i.e. the acquisition of new information that leads to changes in our assessment of uncertainty – plays a prominent role in the international climate policy debate. For example, the view that we should postpone actions until we know more continues to be influential. The latest work...