资源环境科技发展态势分析平台

Developing localized climate mitigation strategies needs an understanding of how global consumption drives local carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions with a fine spatial resolution. There is no study that provides a spatially explicit mapping of global carbon footprint in China鈥晅he world鈥檚 largest CO₂ emitter鈥晄imultaneously considering both international and interprovincial trade. Here we map CO₂ emissions in China driven by global consumption in 2012 at a high spatial resolution (10鈥塳m 脳 10鈥塳m) using a detailed, firm-level emission inventory. Our results show that the carbon footprints of foreign regions in China are concentrated in key manufacturing hubs, including the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and North China Plain. Approximately 1% of the land area holds 75% of the global carbon footprint in China. The carbon footprint hotspots in China identified are the key places in which collaborative mitigation efforts between China and downstream parties that drive those emissions.