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With over 130 countries and regions committing to carbon neutrality goals and continuously reducing anthropogenic CO2 emissions, understanding how atmospheric CO2 concentrations will change globally and in other regions has become an intriguing question. Examining different regions\u2019 efforts to reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions through atmospheric CO2 observations is also meaningful. We used prior and posterior fluxes to drive the TM5 model. The posterior fluxes were based on the China Carbon Monitoring, Verification and Support System for Global (CCMVS-G), which assimilated the atmospheric CO2 concentration data from ground-based observation and satellite observation. We found that the CO2 concentration obtained using the posterior fluxes was more in line with the actual situation. Then, we presented some experiments to estimate how global and regional CO2 concentrations would change if certain key regions and the whole world achieved net zero emissions of anthropogenic CO2. After removing carbon fluxes from China, North America, and Europe, global CO2 concentrations decreased by around 0.58 ppm, 0.22 ppm, and 0.10 ppm, respectively. The most significant decrease occurred in the regions where fluxes were removed, followed by other areas at the same latitude affected by westerly winds. This indicates that fossil fuel flux is the main factor affecting CO2 concentrations, and that meteorological-driven transportation also significantly impacts CO2 concentrations. Most importantly, using this method, it is possible to quantitatively estimate the impact of achieving carbon neutrality in one region on CO2 concentrations in local regions as well as globally.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16091486","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,23]],"date-time":"2024-04-23T10:34:05Z","timestamp":1713868445000},"page":"1486","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["If Some Critical Regions Achieve Carbon Neutrality, How Will the Global Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Change?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Jiaying","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Monitoring and Assessment Center for Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Neutrality of CMA, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Xiaoye","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monitoring and Assessment Center for Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Neutrality of CMA, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China"}]},{"given":"Lifeng","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monitoring and Assessment Center for Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Neutrality of CMA, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China"}]},{"given":"Junting","family":"Zhong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monitoring and Assessment Center for Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Neutrality of CMA, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China"}]},{"given":"Deying","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monitoring and Assessment Center for Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Neutrality of CMA, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China"}]},{"given":"Chongyuan","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Monitoring and Assessment Center for Greenhouse Gases and Carbon Neutrality of CMA, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China"}]},{"given":"Lifeng","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Atmospheric and Remote Sensing, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5301","DOI":"10.5194\/essd-15-5301-2023","article-title":"Global Carbon Budget 2023","volume":"15","author":"Friedlingstein","year":"2023","journal-title":"Earth Syst. 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