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China in the transition to a low-carbon economy
China, from its own perspective cannot afford to, and from an international perspective, is not allowed to continue on the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment. The country needs to transform its economy to effectively address concern about a range of environmental problems from burning fossil fuels and steeply rising oil import and international pressure to exhibit greater ambition in fighting global climate change. This paper first discusses China's own efforts towards energy saving and pollutants cutting, the widespread use of renewable energy and participation in clean development mechanism, and puts carbon reductions of China's unilateral actions into perspective. Given that transition to a low carbon economy cannot take place overnight, the paper then discusses China's policies on promoting the use of low-carbon energy technologies and nuclear power and efforts to secure stable oil and gas supplies during this transition period. Based on these discussions, the paper provides some recommendations on issues related to energy conservation and pollution control, wind power, nuclear power, clean coal technologies, and overseas oil and gas supplies, and articulates a roadmap for China regarding its climate commitments to 2050.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 2010,76
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Alternative Energy Sources
Energy: Government Policy
Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Environmental Economics: Government Policy
- Subject
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Energy Saving
Renewable Energy
Clean Development Mechanism
Nuclear Power
Power Generation
Oil and Gas
Post-Copenhagen Climate Negotiations
China
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Zhang, ZhongXiang
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
- (where)
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Milano
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Zhang, ZhongXiang
- Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Time of origin
- 2010
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