findings, we recommend that China should support the expansion of high-speed rail in order to reduce carbon emissions in a …

show that new HSR routes in China leads to a 20.5 log-point reduction in the number of passenger vehicles and a 15.7 log ….75% of GHG emissions in China’s transport sector. This mitigation effect mainly comes from the substitution of highway goods … environmental benefit of HSR in China has not been fully realized because of the thermal-dominated electricity supply. Our further …

Our analysis is the first of its kind to explore patterns of subsidization and CO2 emissions in China’s electricity … producing sector. Applying data for all power plants across China and controlling for the age, capacity and location of … disproportionate share of CO2 emissions. This distortion is incongruent with China’s aspiration for a greener economy but may be …