How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction

The Chinese government, based on its commitment to carbon reduction in the Paris Climate Agreement,laid out its intention to achieve peak CO₂ emissions by 2030, and to make its best effort to peak as early as possible. It committed to lowering CO₂...

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Main Author:	Zhou, Weimin
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRANSPORT PARIS AGREEMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION URBAN TRANSPORT CARBON EMISSION URBANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/269501537383382720/How-Chinas-Transport-Sector-Can-Contribute-to-Carbon-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30489

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spelling	okr-10986-304892021-05-25T10:54:42Z How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction Zhou, Weimin GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRANSPORT PARIS AGREEMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION URBAN TRANSPORT CARBON EMISSION URBANIZATION The Chinese government, based on its commitment to carbon reduction in the Paris Climate Agreement,laid out its intention to achieve peak CO₂ emissions by 2030, and to make its best effort to peak as early as possible. It committed to lowering CO₂ emissions per unit of GDP by 60–65 percent of their 2005 levels, and to increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to about 20 percent. Although these targets were set up for the country as a whole, it is essential for decision makers and practitioners to understand the contribution the transport sector can make if its development path is aimed at sustainability. 2018-10-02T18:59:37Z 2018-10-02T18:59:37Z 2018-06 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/269501537383382720/How-Chinas-Transport-Sector-Can-Contribute-to-Carbon-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30489 English Connections;Note 2018 - 2 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific China
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description	The Chinese government, based on its commitment to carbon reduction in the Paris Climate Agreement,laid out its intention to achieve peak CO₂ emissions by 2030, and to make its best effort to peak as early as possible. It committed to lowering CO₂ emissions per unit of GDP by 60–65 percent of their 2005 levels, and to increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to about 20 percent. Although these targets were set up for the country as a whole, it is essential for decision makers and practitioners to understand the contribution the transport sector can make if its development path is aimed at sustainability.
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author	Zhou, Weimin
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title	How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction
title_short	How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction
title_full	How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction
title_fullStr	How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction
title_full_unstemmed	How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction
title_sort	how china's transport sector can contribute to carbon reduction
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/269501537383382720/How-Chinas-Transport-Sector-Can-Contribute-to-Carbon-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30489
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How China's Transport Sector Can Contribute to Carbon Reduction

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