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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 …
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Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to … whatever climate commitments beyond 2020 that China may take. Given the paramount importance of cities, China is practicing low … characteristics of China's LCC development. The paper then identifies eight problems and challenges for China's LCC development …
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As the world's second largest carbon emitter, China has long been criticized as a "free-rider" benefiting from other … countries' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but not taking responsibility for its own emissions. China has been … contributions of interfuel switching, energy conservation, economic growth and population expansion to China's CO2 emissions during …
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This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
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stakeholders. Since the inception in 2000, the PCF has engaged in a dialogue with China to get it to sign up as a host country … (CDM) in China and feel the significant need for building CDM capacity in China to enable it to gain more insight into the … CDM and increase its capacity to initiate and undertake CDM projects. This paper first discusses why China had hesitated …
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tariffs on Chinese products to the U.S. market, even given China's own recent announcement to voluntarily seek to reduce its … really open the possibility for the U.S. and China to make the commitments that each wants from the other, the inclusion of … the carbon contents of imported products. Meanwhile, being targeted by such border carbon adjustment measures, China needs …
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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 …
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