This report shows how China may cut carbon emissions deeply and minimise the adverse effects on its economy over the next 40 years.
The report, Going Clean: the economics of China’s low-carbon development, by the Chinese Economists 50 Forum and SEI, says that emission reductions up to 2050 can be made for example through:
The report by Chinese, Swedish, German, British and American experts says that these changes would also present opportunities for China to improve its energy security and move its economy higher up the international value chain.
The and the background papers which it builds on, have been developed under the project Research and Forum on Economics of Climate Change – Towards a Low-Carbon Economy in China. The project has been jointly led by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the Chinese Economists 50 Forum (CE50).
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