新论文介绍:Climate Change—the Chinese Challenge

[发布日期: 2014-12-30 浏览量 1246]

In 2006, China’s carbon dioxide emission rate reached 1.6 GtC (gigatons of carbon or 1015 g carbon) per year (see chart, below) (1–3). Economic growth is projected to continue at higher than 7% per year; at this rate, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would quadruple in 20 years. The associated high CO2 emission rate would substantially affect the goal of avoiding dangerous climate change as set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The conflict between economic development and keeping atmospheric greenhouse gases at a manageable level poses one of the greatest challenges of this century.