Beyond short-term impact of COVID-19 on transport decarbonization: a scenario analysis of passenger and freight transport by mode in China, 2020–2030

Table 7 Changes of freight transport CO₂ emissions in China by month, 2019–2021 (Mt)

2019–2020	Road	Rail	Air	Water	Freight transport
Jan	−8.96 (−37%)	0.09 (6%)	0.03 (2%)	−0.38 (−7%)	−9.21 (−28%)
Feb	−6.61 (−53%)	0.17 (14%)	−0.13 (−11%)	−0.47 (−10%)	−7.04 (−36%)
Mar	−8.34 (−33%)	0.06 (4%)	−0.30 (−15%)	0.02 (−0.4%)	−8.60 (−25%)
Apr	−5.13 (−19%)	−0.02 (−1%)	−0.20 (−10%)	−0.23 (−4%)	−5.58 (−16%)
May	−5.15 (−19%)	0.11 (7%)	0.06 (3%)	−0.21 (−4%)	−5.19 (−14%)
Jun	−4.13 (−15%)	0.23 (16%)	0.19 (10%)	−0.03 (−0.5%)	−3.74 (−10%)
Jul	−4.35 (−16%)	0.26 (17%)	−0.01 (−1%)	−0.31 (−5%)	−4.42 (−12%)
Aug	−4.24 (−15%)	0.23 (15%)	−0.06 (−3%)	0.01 (0.1%)	−4.07 (−11%)
Sep	−4.16 (−14%)	0.21 (14%)	0.06 (3%)	0.27 (5%)	−3.62 (−9%)
Oct	−3.45 (−12%)	0.22 (13%)	0.04 (2%)	0.25 (5%)	−2.94 (−8%)
Nov	−4.18 (−14%)	0.21 (13%)	0.27 (12%)	0.43 (7%)	−3.28 (−8%)
Dec	−4.11 (−14%)	0.21 (12%)	0.23 (11%)	0.80 (14%)	−2.86 (−7%)
Total reduction from 2019 to 2020	−62.80 (−20%)	1.98 (11%)	0.17 (1%)	0.10 (0.1%)	−60.55 (−14%)

2019–2021	Road	Rail	Air	Water	Freight transport
Jan	−2.31 (−10%)	0.24 (16%)	0.34 (17%)	0.42 (8%)	−1.31 (−4%)
Feb	0.45 (4%)	0.36 (30%)	0.58 (46%)	0.43 (10%)	1.82 (9%)
Mar	−0.99 (−4%)	0.20 (14%)	0.46 (23%)	0.62 (12%)	0.29 (1%)
Apr	−2.03 (−8%)	0.17 (12%)	0.52 (27%)	0.24 (4%)	−1.11 (−3%)
May	−1.74 (−7%)	0.14 (10%)	0.44 (22%)	0.38 (7%)	−1.55 (−2%)
Jun	−2.58 (−9%)	0.12 (8%)	0.45 (23%)	0.47 (8%)	−2.69 (−4%)
Jul	−2.79 (−11%)	0.01 (1%)	0.20 (10%)	−0.12 (−2%)	−2.46 (−8%)
Aug	−2.85 (−10%)	0.17 (11%)	−0.04 (−2%)	0.27 (5%)	−4.12 (−7%)
Sep	−4.15 (−14%)	0.08 (5%)	−0.05 (−2%)	−0.00 (−0.1%)	−3.62 (−11%)
Oct	−2.45 (−9%)	0.12 (7%)	0.10 (5%)	0.29 (5%)	−1.94 (−5%)
Nov	−4.34 (−15%)	0.26 (16%)	0.16 (7%)	0.86 (15%)	−3.07 (−8%)
Dec	−3.53 (−12%)	0.23 (14%)	0.27 (12%)	1.07 (19%)	−1.96 (−5%)
Total reduction from 2019 to 2021	−29.32 (−9%)	2.11 (12%)	3.42 (14%)	4.93 (7%)	−18.86 (−4%)

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