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Metadata
- Authors
- Zhang, Z., Guan, D., Wang, R., Meng, J., Zheng, H., Zhu, K., & Du, H.
- Affiliations
- Tianjin University (CN)
- University College London (GB)
- University of International Business and Economics (CN)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Guan, Dabo
- Meng, Jing
- Du, Huibin
- Venue
- Nature Climate Change
- Published
- 2020-09-07
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1096-1101
- ISSN
- 1758-678X (ISSN-L)
- 1758-6798
- OpenAlex
- W3083527438
- Cited by
- 235
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 10.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Nature Climate Change (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (71974141, 71603179, 71690243, 41921005, 91846301, 71733002, 71834004, 71673198)
- National Key R&D Program of China
- British Academy (NAFR2180103)
- UK Natural Environment Research Council
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in UIBE
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Keywords
- embodied emissions, multinational corporations, global supply chains, foreign direct investment, carbon footprint, carbon transfer, carbon intensity, climate policy, emission allocation
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