Sustainable Energy in China: The Closing Window of Opportunity

摘要: This report proposes the development of a coordinated and comprehensive national policy within Energy Law that is presently under preparation based on four foundational themes: reducing energy growth below economic growth, making better use resources, safeguarding environment, system robust to withstand potential disruptions. It stresses measures program achieve sustainability will have be subject careful consultation government extend mobilizing China's civil society. The scope for fruitful international cooperation also explored, but detail must worked out in cooperative framework. main body arranged six chapters. first examines what projections say about future consumption concludes urgent action needed avoid locking country into an unsustainable path. Chapter two evaluates end-use efficiency finds less energy-intensive path can founded most advanced technologies. third chapter damaging environmental impacts huge prospective which dictate need less-intensive path, larger share clean sources, dramatically more coal. assesses security supply means improve it ensure safety sources networks. fifth emphasizes getting right pricing fundamentals sector. last draws conclusions from five matters requiring attention sustainability.