Fact Sheet: China Emerging as New Leader in Clean Energy Policies

The Fact Sheet: China Emerging as New Leader in Clean Energy Policies details how, in the last two years, China has implemented a series of ambitious clean energy policies that will help to dramatically reduce the growth of the country’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

For example, its Top-1000 Enterprise Program, will reduce more carbon at a faster rate than most western energy initiatives underway today. These policies are also advancing new technologies, especially in energy efficiency and renewable energy. China has established the world’s most aggressive energy efficiency target, calling for a 20 percent reduction in energy intensity (which is a nation’s energy consumption per unit of GDP) between 2005 and 2010. If fully implemented, this target would translate to a reduction of over 1.5 billion tons of CO2 in just five years. In comparison, the EU commitment under Kyoto is about 300 million tons of CO2 between 1997 and 2012.

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