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Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

  • Fang Wang*
  • , Jean Damascene Harindintwali
  • , Zhizhang Yuan
  • , Min Wang
  • , Faming Wang
  • , Sheng Li
  • , Zhigang Yin
  • , Lei Huang
  • , Yuhao Fu
  • , Lei Li
  • , Scott X. Chang
  • , Linjuan Zhang
  • , Jörg Rinklebe
  • , Zuoqiang Yuan
  • , Qinggong Zhu
  • , Leilei Xiang
  • , Daniel C.W. Tsang
  • , Liang Xu
  • , Xin Jiang
  • , Jihua Liu
  • Ning Wei, Matthias Kästner, Yang Zou, Yong Sik Ok, Jianlin Shen, Dailiang Peng, Wei Zhang, Damià Barceló, Yongjin Zhou, Zhaohai Bai, Boqiang Li, Bin Zhang, Ke Wei, Hujun Cao, Zhiliang Tan, Liu bin Zhao, Xiao He, Jinxing Zheng, Nanthi Bolan, Xiaohong Liu, Changping Huang, Sabine Dietmann, Ming Luo, Nannan Sun, Jirui Gong, Yulie Gong, Ferdi Brahushi, Tangtang Zhang, Cunde Xiao, Xianfeng Li*, Wenfu Chen, Nianzhi Jiao*, Johannes Lehmann, Yong Guan Zhu*, Hongguang Jin*, Andreas Schäffer, James M. Tiedje*, Jing M. Chen*
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • CAS - Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
  • CAS - Institute of Subtropical Agriculture
  • CAS - South China Institute of Botany
  • Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory
  • CAS - Institute of Engineering Thermophysics
  • CAS - Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
  • International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals
  • CAS - Aerospace Information Research Institute
  • CAS - Institute of Coal Chemistry
  • University of Alberta
  • University of Wuppertal
  • CAS - Shenyang Institute of Applied Ecology
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Shandong University
  • CAS - Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics
  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
  • Korea University
  • CAS - Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology
  • Catalan Institute for Water Research
  • CAS - Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
  • CAS - Institute of Botany
  • CAS - Institute of Atmospheric Physics
  • Southwest University
  • CAS - Institute of High Energy Physics
  • CAS - Institute of Plasma Physics
  • University of Western Australia
  • Washington University St. Louis
  • CAS - Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
  • Beijing Normal University
  • CAS - Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion
  • Agricultural University of Tirana
  • Shenyang Agricultural University
  • Dalhousie University
  • Xiamen University
  • Cornell University
  • Technical University of Munich
  • CAS - Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Toronto

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Abstract

Global development has been heavily reliant on the overexploitation of natural resources since the Industrial Revolution. With the extensive use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other forms of land-use change, anthropogenic activities have contributed to the ever-increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, causing global climate change. In response to the worsening global climate change, achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 is the most pressing task on the planet. To this end, it is of utmost importance and a significant challenge to reform the current production systems to reduce GHG emissions and promote the capture of CO2 from the atmosphere. Herein, we review innovative technologies that offer solutions achieving carbon (C) neutrality and sustainable development, including those for renewable energy production, food system transformation, waste valorization, C sink conservation, and C-negative manufacturing. The wealth of knowledge disseminated in this review could inspire the global community and drive the further development of innovative technologies to mitigate climate change and sustainably support human activities.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100180
JournalInnovation
Volume2
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Nov 2021
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

  • carbon capture and utilization
  • carbon footprint reduction
  • carbon neutrality
  • carbon sequestration
  • climate change mitigation
  • renewable energy

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