| ISBN: | 9781134073733
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| 专著题名: | The Economics of Climate Change in China: Towards a Low-Carbon Economy |
| 作者: | Fan, G.; Stern, N.; Edenhofer, O.; Xu, S.; Eklund, K.; Ackerman, F.; Li, L.; Hallding, K. eds.
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| 出版者: | Earthscan
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| 出版年: | 2011
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| 出版地: | London, UK
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| 国家: | 瑞典
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文摘要: | Based on a groundbreaking economic study led by SEI and the Chinese Economists 50 Forum, this book explores the climate implications of China’s rapid growth and maps out a path for a low-carbon future.
China faces many modernisation challenges. But perhaps none is more pressing than that posed by climate change. China must find a new economic growth model that is simultaneously environmentally sustainable, can free it from its dependency on fossil fuels, and lift living standards for the majority of its population. But what does such a model look like? And how can China best make the transition from its present macro-economic structure to a low-carbon future?
This book brings together leading international thinkers in economics, climate change, and development, to tackle some of the most challenging issues relating to China’s low-carbon development. They map out a deep carbon reduction scenario, analyse economic policies that shift carbon use, and show how China can take strong and decisive action to make deep reductions in carbon emission over the next 40 years while maintaining high economic growth and minimising adverse effects of a low-carbon transition. Moreover, these reductions can be achieved within the finite global carbon budget for greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the hard constraints of climate science.
The authors make the compelling case that a transition to a low-carbon economy is an essential part of China’s development and modernisation. Such a transformation would also present opportunities for China to improve its energy security and move its economy higher up the international value chain. They argue that even in these difficult economic times, climate change action may present more opportunities than costs. Such a transformation, for China and the rest of the world, will not be easy. But it is possible, necessary and worthwhile to pursue. |
| URL: | https://www.sei-international.org/publications?pid=1890
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| 资源类型: | 专著
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/2258
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| Appears in Collections: | 气候减缓与适应
气候变化事实与影响
气候变化与战略
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Fan, G.,Stern, N.,Edenhofer, O.,et al. The Economics of Climate Change in China: Towards a Low-Carbon Economy[M]. London, UK:Earthscan,2011-01-01.
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