In order to formulate policies in response to climate change, it is essential to forecast future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the long term. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) developed the IS92 emission scenarios in 1992, which have contributed to climate change studies...

With its recent rapid economic growth, China has become one of the foremost countries in terms of energy consumption and CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emission. The extent of future CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emission in China and how to reduce it are important issues. This paper presents the forecast results of CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emission studies for...</subscript></subscript></subscript>

Governments worldwide have agreed that international climate policy should aim to limit the increase of global mean temperature to less than 2oC with respect to pre-industrial levels. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the emission reductions and related energy system changes in various...