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China’s global quest for resources, in particular oil and natural gas, has received unprecedented worldwide attention … and scrutiny. This is partly because of China’s own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies … energy security as a result of misconceptions and misunderstandings of China’s quest for energy security both inside and …
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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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China’s rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change … are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international … sparked China’s determination to improve energy efficiency and cut pollutants, and to increase the use of clean energy in …
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This paper examines how the different characteristics of both electric vehicles themselves and the consumers would influence the consumption behavior on electric vehicles. Data collection is based on the questionnaire design using the orthogonal experimental method and large-scale stated...
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economies. However, there has been a lack of empirical study of this kind on China and other developing countries. This paper … attempts to fill this gap by answering how and to what extent oil-price shocks impact China’s economy, emphasizing on the price … differentiated price control policies for materials and intermediates on the one hand and final products on the other hand in China …
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The U.S. and China are the world's largest and second largest CO2 emitters, respectively, and to what extent the U ….S. and China get involved in combating global climate change is extremely important both for lowering compliance costs of … China will take on commitments at some specific point of time in the future, this paper has argued that the proposal for …
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To achieve the commitments to both carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, China should focus on those policies of … regions with low levels of development and technology in China …
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change to the change in China's energy consumption in the 1980s. However, no detailed analysis to date has been done to … this gap by investigating the change in energy consumption in China's industrial sector in the 1990s, based on the data … growth rate dramatically in line with the belief that the growth rate of China's GDP is overestimated …
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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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China's President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao have recognized the seriousness of environmental degradation … in China, and accordingly insist that the conventional Chinese path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the … incorporated for the first time energy-saving and environmental goals into the national five-year economic blueprint in China to …
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