China has realized that for its own sake and from the international community’s perspective, it cannot afford to … development. Specifically, to meet the grand goal involves not only capping China’s nationwide coal consumption to let it peak … arguing why China’s anti-pollution outcomes this time might be different from the previous ones. …

(CGE) model to estimate the impacts of the BTAs implemented by US and EU on China's sectoral carbon emissions. The results …

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 …

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 …

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 …

China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the … environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and …

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 …