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Author(s): Hallding, K.; Olsson, M.

Year: 2009

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Type: Policy brief

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Karl Hallding
Marie Olsson

China’s greenhouse challenge

China was, together with the U.S., the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2005. A majority of these emissions are fossil fuel related. China is very carbon intensive by international standards - without drastic improvement in Chinese carbon intensity, it will not be possible to keep global temperature rise within 2 °C.

Current Chinese climate policies are driven by energy security, aiming to reduce energy intensity by 20% by 2010. If met, this unarguably represents the largest policy driven reduction of CO2 emissions worldwide.

As low-carbon development pathways become increasingly mainstreamed the choice is either for China to change or be left behind.

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