An Overview of China’s Legal and Policy Framework for Industrial Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Mitigation

China

2026

X. Sun, R. Ferris, D. Kim

This report explores pathways for advancing China’s emerging industrial N₂O policy framework towards concrete implementation.

The report also reviews remaining implementation gaps, including the absence of binding emission-control requirements, the need to translate emerging monitoring and performance standards into mandatory facility-level MRV and enforceable compliance systems, and limited project-level financial incentives.

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