Carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in China
Abstract Integrating of carbon capture, utilization, and storage with poverty alleviation strategies presents an innovative and sustainable development paradigm. Regional poverty, often exacerbated by challenging geographical conditions, can be transformed into opportunities for carbon storage devel...
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| author | Zhengguang Liu Yuntian Chen Xuemei Wei Congyu Zhao Yangkai Zhang Haizhi Luo Kangyin Dong Zhenhua Rui Hao Xu Lei Yang Jinyue Yan Fengqi You Dongxiao Zhang Zhenzhong Zeng Haoran Zhang |
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| description | Abstract Integrating of carbon capture, utilization, and storage with poverty alleviation strategies presents an innovative and sustainable development paradigm. Regional poverty, often exacerbated by challenging geographical conditions, can be transformed into opportunities for carbon storage development, promoting energy and economic rebalancing while avoiding poverty and resource traps. By introducing an evaluation index grounded in Sustainable Development Goals and technical requirements, we achieve a harmonious balance between potential and economic development. Techno-economic analysis in coal plant renovation and oil field projects demonstrates this project triggers a 7.70% growth in local gross domestic product per capita, and a decrease of 4.85% in local carbon dioxide emissions. Construction costs in impoverished regions can be over 20% lower than in more affluent areas for projects of the same scale because of cheaper labor and lower transportation and storage costs, highlighting the cost-effectiveness of pursuing poverty alleviation through carbon capture, utilization, and storage in China. This paper also emphasized the carbon storage demand in future’s energy transition of China. The status of policy implementation underscored the significant potential of carbon capture, utilization, and storage in contributing to poverty alleviation in the world’s largest carbon emitter and developing country, potentially serving as a critical testbed globally. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-83b136d9a0e1451f8a9ab563ddbb0a0b2025-08-20T03:42:07ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352025-07-016111010.1038/s43247-025-02474-zCarbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in ChinaZhengguang Liu0Yuntian Chen1Xuemei Wei2Congyu Zhao3Yangkai Zhang4Haizhi Luo5Kangyin Dong6Zhenhua Rui7Hao Xu8Lei Yang9Jinyue Yan10Fengqi You11Dongxiao Zhang12Zhenzhong Zeng13Haoran Zhang14Ningbo Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Simulation, Eastern Institute of TechnologyNingbo Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Simulation, Eastern Institute of TechnologyChina National Engineering Laboratory for Pipeline Safety, China University of Petroleum-BeijingSchool of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and EconomicsCollege of Water Resources and Architecture Engineering, Northwest A&F UniversitySchool of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversitySchool of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and EconomicsCollege of Carbon Neutrality Future Technology, China University of Petroleum-BeijingNingbo Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Simulation, Eastern Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Energy, Peking UniversityFuture Energy Profile, School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen UniversityCornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell UniversityNingbo Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Simulation, Eastern Institute of TechnologySchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and TechnologySchool of Urban Planning and Design, Peking UniversityAbstract Integrating of carbon capture, utilization, and storage with poverty alleviation strategies presents an innovative and sustainable development paradigm. Regional poverty, often exacerbated by challenging geographical conditions, can be transformed into opportunities for carbon storage development, promoting energy and economic rebalancing while avoiding poverty and resource traps. By introducing an evaluation index grounded in Sustainable Development Goals and technical requirements, we achieve a harmonious balance between potential and economic development. Techno-economic analysis in coal plant renovation and oil field projects demonstrates this project triggers a 7.70% growth in local gross domestic product per capita, and a decrease of 4.85% in local carbon dioxide emissions. Construction costs in impoverished regions can be over 20% lower than in more affluent areas for projects of the same scale because of cheaper labor and lower transportation and storage costs, highlighting the cost-effectiveness of pursuing poverty alleviation through carbon capture, utilization, and storage in China. This paper also emphasized the carbon storage demand in future’s energy transition of China. The status of policy implementation underscored the significant potential of carbon capture, utilization, and storage in contributing to poverty alleviation in the world’s largest carbon emitter and developing country, potentially serving as a critical testbed globally.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02474-z |
| spellingShingle | Zhengguang Liu Yuntian Chen Xuemei Wei Congyu Zhao Yangkai Zhang Haizhi Luo Kangyin Dong Zhenhua Rui Hao Xu Lei Yang Jinyue Yan Fengqi You Dongxiao Zhang Zhenzhong Zeng Haoran Zhang Carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in China Communications Earth & Environment |
| title | Carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in China |
| title_full | Carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in China |
| title_fullStr | Carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in China |
| title_short | Carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in China |
| title_sort | carbon capture utilization and storage promotes poverty alleviation and sustainable development in china |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02474-z |
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