Tracking interprovincial embodied carbon flows of cement in China: an energy life cycle perspective

Keywords

China / Cement / Energy / Life cycle / Embodied carbon / Carbon footprint

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Funding

The projects of the Chinese Academy of Engineering(2016-ZD-14)

The Prime Minister's Fund—the Key Project of Heavy Air Pollution Cause and Control(DQGG0209-13)

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