Environmental Studies and Forestry

Carbon emissions from urban takeaway delivery in China

Y. Zhong, S. Cui, et al.

This research quantifies the rapidly increasing greenhouse gas emissions from China's online food delivery industry, revealing that in 2019 alone, the industry generated 1.67 MtCO2e from 13.07 billion deliveries. With emissions projected to reach 5.94 MtCO2e by 2035, effective policy interventions could significantly mitigate this impact. This compelling study was conducted by Yiqiang Zhong, Shenghui Cui, Xuemei Bai, Wei Shang, Wei Huang, Lingxuan Liu, Shouyang Wang, Rongxuan Zhu, Yuanxiao Zhai, and Yin Zhang.