Selected and translated from the Chinese-language Annual Report on Actons to Address Climate Change (2012): Climate Finance and Low Carbon Development, 16 articles reveal how China views the challenges of climate change and clarify China's green energy future. The topics include China's sustainable development in a shifting global context, the status of the Chinese trading scheme for carbon credits and future prospects, analyzing synergistic effects of low-carbon actions and climate change adaptive measures, weather index insurance and commercial applications in China, the development potential for wind and solar energy resources in China, and coastal cities' adaptation to climate change. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
This volume provides information on how China views the challenge of climate change and seeks to rectify the extraordinary confusion found in the West on Chinas green energy future and its larger perspectives on this extraordinarily crucial topic.
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1 Doha Planning for the Future---Extension of the Kyoto Protocol and Outlook for the Durban Platform |
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2 South-South Cooperation against Climate Change and Future Prospects |
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3 China's Sustainable Development in a Shifting Global Context |
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4 Distribution and Implementation of Energy Saving and Low Carbon Development Targets for the 12th Five-Year Plan |
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5 Progress of Low-Carbon Urban Construction in China |
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6 Status of the Chinese Trading Scheme for Carbon Credits and Future Prospects |
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7 Analysis of Synergistic Effects of Low-Carbon Actions and Climate Change Adaptive Measures |
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8 Carbon Dioxide Emissions Policies and Actions of Low-Carbon Development in China's Transport Sector |
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9 Demand for and Policies to Improve Low-Carbon Financing |
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10 China's Green Climate Fund: Innovation and Experience. A Case Study of the China Green Carbon Foundation |
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11 Weather Index Insurance and Commercial Applications in China |
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12 Development of Renewable Energy and New Energy in China and Market Prospects |
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13 Development Potential for Wind and Solar Energy Resources in China |
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192 | (28) |
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14 Meteorological Disaster Trends and Impacts in China |
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220 | (20) |
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15 Extreme Climate Projections and Risks in China |
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16 Coastal Cities' Adaptation to Climate Change |
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Wang Weiguang is President, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); CPC Party Secretary; Chair, CASS Academic Presidium; Ph.D. Philosophy; doctoral advisor, professor; member, CASS Academic Council. Areas of specialty include Marxist theory and philosophy, theoretical and practical issues of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Zheng Guoguang is the the Administrator of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), responsible for CMA's overall administration. He also serves as Chairman of the National Climate Committee of China, Chairman of the Chinese Committee of the Global Climate Observing System (CGOS), Member of the National Leading Group to Address Climate Change and Energy Conservation & Pollutant Discharge Reduction, deputy Director of the Office of the National Leading Group to Address Climate Change, Vice President of the Chinese Meteorological Society, Permanent Representative of China with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), member of the WMO Executive Council, Focal Point of China for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), principal member of China for the Intergovernmental Board on Climate Services (IBCS).
Pan Jiahua is general director at the Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; research fellow and doctoral supervisor. His research specialties include world economics, climate change economics, urban development, energy and environmental policies.
