Abstract:
The emissions of CO
2 and air pollutants have the same root and homology, and emission control measures for them often have a certain degree of synergistic emission reduction effects. To reduce policy costs and improve policy efficiency, policy makers should give full consideration to the co-benefits of CO
2 and air pollutant mitigations when formulating air quality improvement strategies. Guided by the synergistic emission reduction of air pollutants and CO
2, this paper analyzed the optimization and adjustment of industry, transportation, energy structure, and improvement of end-of-pipe control measures. The recommended policies for Guangdong Province to achieve WHO-Ⅱ target for PM
2.5 in 2025 were analyzed with air quality model. The results showed that under the 2017 benchmark conditions, the annual average concentration of PM
2.5 in Guangdong Province was predicted to reach 26.9 μg/m
3 in 2025, and it was difficult to reach the WHO-Ⅱ target (25.0 μg/m
3) under the development trends of economic and social activity levels and the existing end-of-pipe control requirements. Among the emission reduction measures that could be further adopted, industrial structure adjustment, in-use vehicle replacement, power generation structure adjustment, transportation structure adjustment, industrial energy use changes, and industrial end-of-pipe measures accounted for 55.5%, 17.7%, 6.8%, 3.8%, 3.9% and 12.2% of air pollutant emission reduction, respectively, and accounted for 20.8%, 14.0%, 11.9%, 9.3%, 33.9% and 0 of CO
2 emission reduction, respectively. Under the strategic scenarios based on the synergistic analysis, measures with good synergy and great potential for emission reductions were priority, such as in-use vehicle replacement and industrial structure adjustment. In this scenario, emission change rate of SO
2, NO
x, PM, VOCs and CO
2 were -13.7%, -19.4%, -21.8%, -20.3% and 13.6%, respectively, compared to 2017. It was predicted that the annual average concentration of PM
2.5 in Guangdong Province will reach 24.6 μg/m
3 in 2025, reaching the WHO-Ⅱ target. To ensure the achievement of the WHO-Ⅱ target for PM
2.5 in Guangdong Province in 2025, emission reduction measures should be further strengthened. In addition, measures with good synergies and emission reduction potential, such as industrial structure adjustment and in-use vehicle replacement, were recommended.