An industrial boiler-efficiency improvement program (IBEI) that focuses on simple, inexpensive measures to improve the operating efficiency of coal-fired industrial boilers in Shanxi, China, is presented. The potential mitigation of CO2 emissions and its cost, based on this program, are...

The state of China's environment is receiving attention from all over the world. This article reviews the current status and trends of environmental pollution in China. We argue that China is able to contain, and to some extent improve, air and water quality for the urban population at the local...

China’s climate policy over the coming decades will be crucial to efforts to slow global warming. While CO2 emissions growth slowed in the 1990s, it is too early to know if this represents the beginning of a long-term downward trend in the carbon intensity of China’s economy. Climate...