Publications

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2025

  1. Cui, C., Lonergan, K., & Sansavini, G. (2025). Policy-driven transformation of global solar PV supply chains and resulting impacts. Nature Communications, 16, 6742. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-61979-5 material & transition
  2. Cheng, D., Guan, D., Xue, Q., Shan, Y., Huo, J., Cui, C., Zhou, Y., & Li, Y. (2025). Inclusive wealth growth pathways within the carbon peak target for Chinese cities. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2(4). doi:10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100335 socioeconomic carbon

2024

  1. Xu, R., Tong, D., Xiao, Q., Qin, X., Chen, C., Yan, L., Cheng, J., Cui, C., Hu, H., & Liu, W. (2024). MEIC-global-CO₂: A new global CO₂ emission inventory with highly-resolved source category and sub-country information. Science China Earth Sciences, 67(2), 450–465. doi:10.1007/s11430-023-1230-3 carbon
  2. Peng, H., Kan, S., Meng, J., Li, S., Cui, C., Tan, C., Wang, Z., Wen, Q., & Guan, D. (2024). Emission accounting and drivers in South American countries. Applied Energy, 358, 122528. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122528 carbon
  3. Wang, J., Shan, Y., Cui, C., Zhao, C., Meng, J., & Wang, S. (2024). Investigating the fast energy-related carbon emissions growth in African countries and its drivers. Applied Energy, 357, 122494. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122494 carbon
  4. Wang, T., Xin, Y., Du, H., Cui, C., Li, J., & Liu, X. (2024). Projecting future mercury emissions from global biofuel combustion under the carbon neutrality target. Earth's Future, 12(10), e2024EF004917. doi:10.1029/2024EF004917 carbon
  5. Cui, C. (2024). Sustainable, reliable, or affordable: The future European renewable energy infrastructure. EGU General Assembly 2024, EGU24-12941 (abstract). doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12941 material & transition

2023

  1. Cui, C., Li, S., Zhao, W., Liu, B., Shan, Y., & Guan, D. (2023). Energy-related CO₂ emission accounts and datasets for 40 emerging economies in 2010–2019. Earth System Science Data, 15(3), 1317–1328. doi:10.5194/essd-15-1317-2023 carbon
  2. Lei, T., Wang, D., Yu, X., Ma, S., Zhao, W., Cui, C., Meng, J., Tao, S., & Guan, D. (2023). Global iron and steel plant CO₂ emissions and carbon-neutrality pathways. Nature, 622(7983), 514–520. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06486-7 carbon material & transition
  3. Cheng, D., Reiner, D., Yang, F., Cui, C., Meng, J., Shan, Y., Liu, Y., Tao, S., & Guan, D. (2023). Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries. Nature Communications, 14, 8213. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43660-x carbon material & transition
  4. Liu, B., Guan, Y., Shan, Y., Cui, C., & Hubacek, K. (2023). Emission growth and drivers in Mainland Southeast Asian countries. Journal of Environmental Management, 329, 117034. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117034 carbon
  5. Zhao, C., Liu, B., Wang, J., Xue, R., Shan, Y., Cui, C., Dong, X., & Dong, K. (2023). Emission accounting and drivers in Central Asian countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(46), 102894–102909. doi:10.1007/s11356-023-29608-0 carbon
  6. Xu, R., Zhang, Q., Tong, D., Xiao, Q., Qin, X., Chen, C., Yan, L., Cheng, J., Cui, C., & Hu, H. (2023). Development of a new global CO₂ emission database with highly-resolved source category and sub-country information. EGU General Assembly 2023, EGU23-1647 (abstract). doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1647 carbon

2022

  1. Cui, C., Guan, D., Wang, D., Meng, J., Chemutai, V., Brenton, P., Zhang, S., Shan, Y., Zhang, Q., & Davis, S. J. (2022). Global mitigation efforts cannot neglect emerging emitters. National Science Review, 9(12), nwac223. doi:10.1093/nsr/nwac223 carbon
  2. Sun, Y., Hao, Q., Cui, C., Shan, Y., Zhao, W., Wang, D., Zhang, Z., & Guan, D. (2022). Emission accounting and drivers in East African countries. Applied Energy, 312, 118805. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118805 carbon

2021

  1. Cui, C., Wang, Z., Cai, B., Peng, S., Wang, Y., & Xu, C. (2021). Evolution-based CO₂ emission baseline scenarios of Chinese cities in 2025. Applied Energy, 281, 116116. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116116 carbon

2020

  1. Cui, C., Cai, B., Bin, G., & Wang, Z. (2020). Decennary spatial pattern changes and scaling effects of CO₂ emissions of urban agglomerations in China. Cities, 105, 102818. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2020.102818 carbon
  2. Yang, P., Cui, C. (equal contribution), Li, L., Chen, W., Shi, Y., Mi, Z., & Guan, D. (2020). Carbon emissions in countries that failed to ratify the intended nationally determined contributions: A case study of Kyrgyzstan. Journal of Environmental Management, 255, 109892. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109892 carbon
  3. Wang, X., Wang, Z., Cui, C., & Wei, L. (2020). Forward and backward critical sectors for CO₂ emissions in China based on eigenvector approaches. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 16110–16120. doi:10.1007/s11356-020-08154-z socioeconomic
  4. Wang, Z., Wang, X., Peng, S., Ming, L., Cui, C., & Niu, B. (2020). Interactions between households and industrial sectors in embodied carbon emission networks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 123809. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123809 socioeconomic
  5. Wei, L., Li, C., Wang, J., Wang, X., Wang, Z., Cui, C., Peng, S., Liu, Y., Yu, S., & Wang, L. (2020). Rising middle and rich classes drove China's carbon emissions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 159, 104839. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104839 socioeconomic

2019

  1. Cui, C., Wang, Z., He, P., Yuan, S., Niu, B., Kang, P., & Kang, C. (2019). Escaping from pollution: The effect of air quality on inter-city population mobility in China. Environmental Research Letters, 14(12), 124025. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab5039 socioeconomic
  2. Cui, C., Shan, Y., Liu, J., Yu, X., Wang, H., & Wang, Z. (2019). CO₂ emissions and their spatial patterns of Xinjiang cities in China. Applied Energy, 252, 113473. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113473 carbon
  3. Cui, C., Wang, Z., & Bin, G. (2019). Life-cycle CO₂ emissions and their driving factors in the construction sector in China. Chinese Geographical Science, 29, 293–305. doi:10.1007/s11769-019-1029-z carbon
  4. Cai, B., Cui, C. (corresponding author), Zhang, D., Cao, L., Wu, P., Pang, L., Zhang, J., & Dai, C. (2019). China city-level greenhouse gas emissions inventory in 2015 and uncertainty analysis. Applied Energy, 253, 113579. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113579 carbon
  5. Wang, Z., Chen, S., Cui, C., Liu, Q., & Deng, L. (2019). Industry relocation or emission relocation? Visualizing and decomposing the dislocation between China's economy and carbon emissions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 208, 1109–1119. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.166 socioeconomic
  6. Wang, Z., Cui, C., & Peng, S. (2019). How do urbanization and consumption patterns affect carbon emissions in China? A decomposition analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 211, 1201–1208. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.272 socioeconomic
  7. Wang, Z., Li, C., Cui, C., Liu, H., & Cai, B. (2019). Cleaner heating choices in northern rural China: Household factors and the dual substitution policy. Journal of Environmental Management, 249, 109433. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109433 socioeconomic
  8. Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Peng, S., Niu, B., Cui, C., & Wu, J. (2019). Mapping the research of energy subsidies: A bibliometric analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, 28817–28828. doi:10.1007/s11356-019-06025-w socioeconomic

2018

  1. Wang, Z., Cui, C., & Peng, S. (2018). Critical sectors and paths for climate change mitigation within supply chain networks. Journal of Environmental Management, 226, 30–36. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.08.018 socioeconomic
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