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How is China addressing its growing emissions of greenhouse gases? ChinaFAQs, a project facilitated by the World Resources Institute, provides insight into critical questions about Chinese policy and action on energy and climate change. ChinaFAQs is a portal to policy-relevant data and analysis informed by a network of leading U.S. research institutions, business groups, and civil society.

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President Hu’s UN Speech: Key Signal that Chinese Domestic Policy will be more Carbon-Focused

Posted by Deborah Seligsohn on Nov 1, 2009

Expectations had been raised high, perhaps unrealistically so before President Hu’s speech to the UN General Assembly, September 22. Friends in China had been telling everyone, including lots of reporters, that President Hu would say something about carbon intensity. Indeed he did, promising to “cut carbon intensity per unit GDP by a notable margin.” (see Hu Jintao’s Speech on Climate Change) But many had expected more news, not just a confirmation of what was earlier rumor. The most significant news was that this was the first time a Chinese President had ever attended the UN General Assembly, and he chose climate change as his topic. (Commentary: Hu Jintao remains short on detail). Equally importantly, President Hu’s speech addressed China’s specific policies – reducing energy intensity and increasing the use of renewables and of forest cover in ways that will lead to a directly measurable reduction in carbon intensity.

WRI: China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Oct 22, 2009

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A new WRI report, China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge discusses the successes and challenges to effective regulation in China, outlining the major advances made in implementing effective energy efficiency programs in the past several years. These include targeted programs for both large and small enterprises, specific goals for government officials, and the development of energy statistics infrastructure. It also addresses U.S.

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in China

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Oct 20, 2009

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Summary of China’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) as submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Policies are listed with relevant metrics, reporting and compliance verification mechanisms.

Current and Recent U.S.-China Climate and Energy Cooperation Projects

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Oct 20, 2009

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U.S.-China Climate and Energy Cooperation Projects up to 2009, sorted by participating U.S. agency. Includes project title, a brief description, corresponding agencies and partner organizations, key accomplishments, and relevant contact persons.

Per Capita CO2 Emissions for Selected Major Emitters, Current and Projected

Posted by ChinaFAQs on Oct 19, 2009

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Experts In the News

Deborah Seligsohn comments on former Chinese climate negotiator’s blunt challenge to industrialized nations in “China Sustains Blunt ‘You First’ Message on CO2”, New York Times Dot Earth blog, September 2, 2010

Alex Wang on why China and the U.S. should take lessons from and make investments in each other in “Why Greening China is a National Priority”, Earth911.com, August 30, 2010

Kenneth Lieberthal on Chinese investment in the U.S. in “American job creation 101: stop fretting over Chinese investment”, August 26, 2010, CNNmoney.com

Mark Levine on the trend of China’s energy use in “Will China Overwhelm Us With Greenhouse-Gas Emissions?”, Bay Citizen, August 18, 2010

Ed Steinfeld on China’s Technological Development and the West in “‘Playing Our Game’: Ed Steinfeld on China”, Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2010

Experts

Experts

Name: Nathaniel Aden , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Rob Bradley
Name: Edward Cunningham , Harvard University
Name: Erica Downs , The Brookings Institution
Name: Meredydd Evans , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
Name: David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
Name: Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
Name: Stephen Hammer , Columbia University
Name: Mikkal Herberg , Pacific Council on International Policy
Name: Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
Name: Trevor Houser , Peterson Institute for International Economics
Name: S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
Name: Angel Hsu , Yale University
Name: Daniel Kammen , University of California, Berkeley
Name: Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
Name: Albert Keidel , Atlantic Council of the United States
Name: Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Joanna Lewis , Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Name: Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
Name: Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
Name: Irving Mintzer , Potomac Energy Fund
Name: Kevin Mo , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
Name: Rose Niu , World Wildlife Fund
Name: Stephanie Ohshita , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
Name: JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
Name: Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Taiya Smith , Carnegie Endowment
Name: Edward Steinfeld , MIT
Name: Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
Name: Alex Wang , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Julian Wong , Center for American Progress
Name: Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
Name: Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Data Sources

BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)