Turning 2060 Carbon Neutrality into Reality: a cross-disciplinary study of air pollution and health co-benefits of climate change mitigation of the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) (C7041-21GF)
Project Background
The Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) is now the largest fast-developing economic and industrial region in China. Provincial and municipal governments of the GBA pledge to meet the carbon neutrality (CN) target by 2060 set by the central government of China. However, concrete mitigation measures and pathways to achieve this ambitious target have yet to be made. And their potential impact on future air quality, health and socio-economy are unknown. Thus, it is important to conduct a cross-disciplinary study to explore the potential mitigation pathways and assess the consequential impacts in the GBA for developing the optimised climate policy.
This study is timely needed, as climate change, air pollution, health, and socioeconomics are correlated. Our valid and reliable studies will generate a future picture of climate change mitigation and its impact on health and socioeconomics of 2030-2060, aiding the development of optimise climate change mitigation policy and a collaborative management plan on air quality control of the GBA.