The paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China, presenting historical data and scenarios generated … Economies Forum in July 2009. -- Climate Change ; China ; Energy Efficiency ; Energy and Development …

The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in … energy use and in energy supply and to assess the possible contribution of China and India to a future international climate … emissions by 50% in 2050. -- Climate Change ; China ; India ; Energy Efficiency ; Energy and Development …

China, from its own perspective cannot afford to, and from an international perspective, is not allowed to continue on … 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 …

China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations … paper provides some reflections on China's stance and reactions at Copenhagen. While China's reactions are generally well … rooted because of realities at home, some reactions could have been handled more effectively for a better image of China. The …

As an important step towards building a "harmonious society" through "scientific development", China has incorporated … quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by about three quarters between 1980 and 2000, China has had limited … the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative its 2005 levels to …

In what format and under what timeframe China would take on climate commitments is of significant relevance to China … is being confronted with the threats of trade measures. It is of significant global relevance as well because when China …’s emissions peak is crucial to determine when global emissions would peak and because what China is going to do in what format has …

Just prior to the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative to … of whether such a pledge is ambitious or just represents business as usual. To put China's climate pledge into … set in the current 11th five-year economic blueprint, to what extent it drives China's emissions below its projected …

Recent growth in carbon dioxide emissions from China's energy sector has exceeded expectations. In a major US … near-term rate of increase in China's emissions. We present a recalibration of one of those models to be consistent with … profound. Unless China's emissions begin to depart soon from their (newly projected) business-as-usual path, stringent …

China's capital-intensive, export-oriented, spectacular economic growth since launching its open-door policy and … in China's trade differ, both single country studies for China and global studies show a hefty chunk of China's CO2 … emissions embedded in trade. This portion of CO2 emissions had helped to turn China into the world's largest carbon emitter, and …