Comments on: China’s Carbon Intensity Plans and its Impact on Climate Progress

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » China’s Climate Progress by the Numbers

The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » China’s Climate Progress by the Numbers — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:28:31 +0000

[...] China has set a goal of generating 10 percent of its primary energy from renewable energy sources by 2010, and 15 percent by 2020. [UPDATE Dec 11, 2009: This goal seems to have been modified to non-fossil fuel sources of energy rather than renewable energy, implying that nuclear is included in teh 10 percent. See's post-script of "China’s Carbon Intensity Plans and its Impact on Climate Progress"] [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » China to adopt “binding” goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45% of 2005 levels by 2020

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:32:39 +0000

[...] what is a “notable margin“? That question has apparently been answered [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » The “how much” and “how to” of China’s goal to reduce carbon intensity

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:55:22 +0000

[...] unit of GDP, or carbon intensity, by a “noticeable margin” (see previous post “China’s Carbon Intensity Plans and its Impacts on Climate Progress“). The world has been waiting [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » Carbon trading, taxes and putting the cart before the horse

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:11:47 +0000

[...] lately about whether China will soon adopt a carbon emissions trading scheme. On the eve of President Hu Jintao’s speech at the UN Climate Summit in New York last month, Times Online ran a sensationally misleading story [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » Carbon trading, taxes and putting the cart before the horse

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:11:47 +0000