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ChinaFAQs: China’s Carbon Intensity Goal: A Guide for the Perplexed
Posted by Deborah Seligsohn and Kelly Levin on Apr 12, 2010
In late November 2009, China announced its intention to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions within the Chinese economy by 40-45% by 2020, as compared with a 2005 baseline. China then reported this goal to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat on January 28, 2010.
This announcement, coming on the heels of the United States’ announced pledge of a 17% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions between 2005 and 2020, garnered a great deal of attention within both the US and internationally, with experts weighing in with both approval and doubts about China’s ambition.i
To enhance understanding of China’s commitment, we provide answers to the major questions related to the Chinese carbon intensity target below.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Experts to Brief Journalists on China’s Climate Goals and Actions
Posted by ChinaFAQs on Apr 12, 2010WHAT:
Leading U.S. experts on China will brief journalists Tuesday on Beijing’s climate policies and the actions it is taking to combat climate change both domestically and internationally. A panel of four experts affiliated with the ChinaFAQs network, a project of the World Resources Institute, will discuss the prospects for progress on China’s climate goals, including carbon intensity, and for U.S. – China cooperation on climate change. The event will be moderated by Jonathan Lash, president of WRI. The briefing will be followed with light refreshments and the opportunity for journalists to meet with the panelists.
WHEN:
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST
Lord Nicholas Stern and WRI China Country Director Zou Ji Host Joint Seminar on Climate Change in Beijing
Posted by Deborah Seligsohn on Apr 9, 2010
WRI and Renmin University hosted a joint seminar with Lord Nicholas Stern and his colleagues from the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute, on Thursday, March 25, in Beijing, during which Lord Stern and some of Beijing’s leading climate change scholars discussed current efforts to mitigate climate change and the challenge of maintaining global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees centigrade.
ChinaFAQs Experts Testify on China’s Green Energy and Environmental Policies before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 8, 2010
Posted by Nick Price on Apr 9, 2010
ChinaFAQs Experts Rob Bradley, Jennifer Turner, Stephen Hammer, and Angel Hsu testified before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on April 8 to lend insight into both China’s domestic and international Green Energy and Environmental Policies.
See the Library & Data section for the complete testimonies of all four experts, or follow the links below:
Testimony by Rob Bradley on China’s Green Energy and Environmental Policies before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, April 8, 2010
Posted by ChinaFAQs on Apr 9, 2010Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the deliberations of this Commission.
My name is Rob Bradley, and I am Director of the International Climate Policy Initiative at the World Resources Institute. The World Resources Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan environmental think tank that goes beyond research to provide practical solutions to the world’s most urgent environment and development challenges.
