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Dr. Wang Tao Responds to Questions on Tyndall Centre Report

June 23rd, 2009 | Tags: agriculture, carbon capture and storage, CCS, China, cliamte change, energy, environment, low carbon development, scenarios, Tyndall Centre, Wang Tao | Category: agriculture, carbon capture and storage, climate change, government, uncategorized | Leave a comment

Green Hops: 3 trillion reasons to stop what you are doing now and do a little dance

Top Stories: Cash for renewables; China may raise fuel economy standards; Pledges smart grid by 2020; Beijing water price hike

I’m not one for sensationalism, but my gosh, when multiple news sources are reporting that the much anticipated renewable energy stimulus package will is going to be for the massive amount of 3 trillion yuan ($440 [...]

June 3rd, 2009 | Tags: automotive, CCS, China, economic stimulus plan, energy, environment, fuel efficiency, governance, green hops, hydropower, oil, plastic bag, rail, smart grid, transportation, water, wind | Category: automotive, governance, green hops, hydro, oil, smart grid, transportation, uncategorized, water, wind | Comments (2)

Tyndall Centre Climate Report: High Hopes for Low Carbon

A review of a study on low carbon development pathways for China by the Tyndall Centre. One of its co-authors, Dr. Wang Tao, speaks at the Beijing Energy & Environment Roundtable (BEER) tomorrow (May 5, Tuesday). Click here for more details.
A report by the Sussex Energy Group and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research [...]

May 4th, 2009 | Tags: agriculture, CCS, China, climate change, environment, low carbon development, scenarios, Tyndall Centre, Wang Tao | Category: climate change, government | Comments (4)

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What is the Green Leap Forward?

The Great Leap Forward was an economic and social plan used from 1958 to 1960 which aimed to use China's vast population to rapidly transform mainland China from a primarily agrarian economy dominated by peasant farmers into a modern, industrialized communist society. It is now widely seen, both within and outside of China, as an major economic (and environmental) disaster.

By contrast, the Green Leap Forward, is an emerging movement to harness and combine the powerful forces of smart policy, sustainable finance and green technologies to steer China's red-hot economy onto a more ecologically and socially sustainable path. Unlike its predecessor, the Green Leap Forward is as much a bottom-up revolution as it is a top-down one and in this age of increasing global interconnectedness, is a movement that will have an impact beyond its borders.