Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in China
This China country report by the country team in the Deep decarbonization pathway project (DDPP) summarize the key findings of the technical pathways developed by the Chinese team, with a view to achieve deep reduction in the longer term for China. The forthcoming Paris climate conference will lay out a foundation for the future international climate regime building upon the intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) submitted by various Parties. As the largest developing countries, China is also in the frontline to combat with climate change. This country report start by summarizing the national circumstance of China which set an important narrative to understand China’s mitigation policies. Decision makers in China are facing multiple challenges including further develop its economy to enter into high income stage, secure its energy system to power ongoing urbanization and industrialization, improve air quality to enhance public health and local environment and control carbon emission to manage the long- term climate risk. To cope with climate change is no longer regarded as a cost, but rather an opportunity to help China deliver those social economic objective in terms of better growth, better environment and better energy infrastructure. From that perspective, a low carbon pathway is largely consistent with China’s domestic interest. A deep decarbonization pathway therefor is developed in this report to illustrate the possible trajectory that lead China to a low carbon future.
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