The long-term impacts of air pollution control policy: historical links between municipal actions and industrial energy efficiency in Kawasaki City, Japan

Cost-effectiveness analysis of China's Sulfur dioxide control strategy at the regional level: regional disparity, inequity and future challenges

“…Among the air pollutants, SO 2 , which contribute to both ambient air pollution and acid rain (Chae and Hope, 2003;Kanada et al, 2013b;Zhao et al, 2008), is one of the key concerns (Dong et al, 2011;Fujii et al, 2013;He, 2005;Jiang et al, 2013;Qian and Zhang, 1998;Tian et al, 2013). As Fig.…”

Impact Analysis of Air Pollutant Emission Policies on Thermal Coal Supply Chain Enterprises in China

“…Moreover, the influence will transmit to the upstream and downstream enterprises along the thermal coal supply chain driven by business transactions and decision implementation. Besides China, many other countries (such as Japan and EU-27) have also made air pollution control policies, just like The Action Plan, to set emission targets and restrict coal consumption [37]. According to the simulated results, air pollution reduction policies can significantly improve air quality by promoting power structure adjustment and improving energy efficiency.…”

For the sustainable performance of the carbon reduction labeling policies under an evolutionary game simulation

“…Such a scheme serves as an effective tool for encouraging individuals to change their consumption behavior in a way that will benefit the environment by providing carbon emissions information on products and services (Young et al, 2010;Liu et al, 2016). As carbon reduction labeling schemes are still in their infancy in various countries such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Japan (Tan et al, 2014;Liu et al, 2016), well-designed governmental policies are crucial to promote low-carbon development (Cohen and Vandenbergh, 2012;Kanada et al, 2013). However, previous studies have focused on carbon labeling scheme design to improve the transparency of current standards (Guenther et al, 2012;Zhao et al, 2012a;Garcia and Freire, 2014;Wu et al, 2014), enhance consumers' perceptions (Bleda and Valente, 2009;Upham et al, 2011;Sharp and Wheeler, 2013;Hartikainen et al, 2014), and eliminate a non-tariff barrier during international trade (Plassmann et al, 2010;Vranes, 2010;Cohen and Vandenbergh, 2012;Liu et al, 2016).…”

“…However, the additional cost of low-carbon certification and technologies, market risk, and complexity of the external business environment may result in uncertainty regarding commercial success (Zhao et al, 2013;Shuai et al, 2014;Bi et al, 2015). In this context, governments play a leading role in developing well-designed policies to drive industrial innovation into product sustainability and thus promote sustainable performance (Kanada et al, 2013;Choi, 2015). Sustainable performance requires coordination among all participating agents to work together to create a win-win outcome (Choi, 2015).…”