Transcript The importance of this Expert Group Meeting on Climate Change

The importance of this Expert Group Meeting
sustainable development, so far, is the
sole reasonable solution to climate
change.
2. The concerning negotiation is drawing
greater attention, while making little
progress.
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Why has China been attaching great importance on
Climate Change?
 China has world largest population,
over 1.3 billion, and fragile ecological
environment.
 China ‘s economic achievements are
largely concentrates in the eastern and
southern coastal region.
 China shares the international
responsibility to protect global climate.
China’s mitigation action
 By restructuring economy and improving energy
efficiency, 1,800 Mt CO2 emissions had been avoided
 By developing low-carbon and renewable energy to
optimize the energy mix, 380 Mt CO2 emissions were
avoided
 By afforestation, forest management and deforestation
avoidance, 5,110 Mt CO2 had been avoided
 By strengthening laws and regulations, improving
institutions and mechanisms and enhancing climate
change research and capacity building, public
awareness is substantially raised
China ‘s National Climate Change Programme
sets new objectives by 2010
 to reduce energy consumption per unit GDP by
20%
 to increase the share of renewable energy to 10%
in primary energy supply
 to increase the forest coverage rate to 20%
 to increase carbon sink by 50 million tons over
2005 level
China is preparing to update its National
Climate Change Programme
The difficulties China faces
 Finance: Huge financial gaps to cover
 technology: hard to acquire or afford
advanced technologies
 capacity building: lack of experts and so on
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