Air quality improvement masks global cooling from CO2 reductions under China’s carbon neutrality policies for half a century

B Bin Zhao X Xiaochun Wang (State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, School of Environment, Tsinghua University) Y Yuan Wang Y Yisheng Sun D Da Gao (State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, School of Environment, Tsinghua University) Q Qi Ge Y Yang Gao J Junxi Zhang Y Yuqiang Zhang (Big Data Research Center for Ecology and Environment, Environment Research Institute, Shandong University) D Drew Shindell (Earth and Climate Sciences Division, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University) S Steven J. Davis G Guangxing Lin Y Yuhan Wang B Biwu Chu (Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences) Z Zhe Jiang (Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry) H Hong He K Kebin He J Jiming Hao S Shuxiao Wang

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published January 21, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

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Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (19)

B

Bin Zhao

X

Xiaochun Wang

State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, School of Environment, Tsinghua University

Y

Yuan Wang

Y

Yisheng Sun

D

Da Gao

State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, School of Environment, Tsinghua University

Q

Qi Ge

Y

Yang Gao

J

Junxi Zhang

Y

Yuqiang Zhang

Big Data Research Center for Ecology and Environment, Environment Research Institute, Shandong University

D

Drew Shindell

Earth and Climate Sciences Division, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

S

Steven J. Davis

G

Guangxing Lin

Y

Yuhan Wang

B

Biwu Chu

Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences

Z

Zhe Jiang

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry

H

Hong He

K

Kebin He

J

Jiming Hao

S

Shuxiao Wang