Designing policies for reducing future emissions of greenhouse gases in the People`s Republic of China
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology
- East-West Center, Honolulu, HI (United States)
The People`s Republic of China has recognized the importance of climate change concerns and has signed the Climate Change Convention formulated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. China is now beginning the process of developing an appropriate response strategy for climate change. Several projects have been initiated that deal with various aspects of global climate change. The Asian Development Bank is assisting the Chinese Government in this endeavor by providing technical assistance under an agreement signed in August 1992. The Bank selected a team of international consultants, coordinated by the East-West Center in Hawaii and including Argonne National Laboratory and Japanese scientists, to work closely with Chinese scientists to develop information that would contribute to a national response strategy. The Chinese research team is led by scientists from Tsinghua University and includes specialists from a number of research institutes and government agencies, all under the aegis of the State Science and Technology Commission. This paper presents results from the study concerning the interrelationship between economic growth, energy use, and carbon dioxide emissions in China. The study shows that, despite rapid improvements in energy efficiency and development of nonfossil-fuel energy sources, it will be difficult to prevent a two- to three-fold increase in carbon dioxide emissions between 1990 and 2050.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 10141740
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/DIS/CP-80932; CONF-940426-2; ON: DE94009802; TRN: 94:004678
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on global climate change: science, policy and mitigation strategies,Phoenix, AZ (United States),5-8 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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