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Possibility and potential of clean development mechanisms in China

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Published 30 November 2007 • Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Weijun Gao et al 2007 Environ. Res. Lett. 2 044005 DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/044005

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1 Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Japan

2 School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, People's Republic of China

3 China Energy group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

4 Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan

5 Energy and Resources Group, The University of California, Berkeley, USA

6 Goldman School of Public Policy, The University of California, Berkeley, USA

7 Department of Nuclear Engineering, The University of California, Berkeley, USA

8 Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, The University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  1. Received 2 February 2007
  2. Accepted 15 November 2007
  3. Published

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Abstract

China has become the world's second largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter behind the United States. It emits approximately three billion tons of CO2 equivalents every year. Its growing economy and large population are making a wealthier, more consumption-oriented country. Energy demand is expected to grow 5–10% per year through 2030. Therefore, a large potential of GHG emission reduction in China can be expected. The clean development mechanism (CDM) put forward in the Kyoto Protocol for reductions of GHGs can support the sustainable development of developing countries and help developed countries to achieve their emission reduction targets at low cost. However, there are still many disagreements to be resolved between developing and developed countries. In this letter, we try to introduce the current development of CDM projects in China and discuss its potential and opportunities in the future decades.

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