Is it Fair to Treat China as a Christmas Tree to Hang Everybody’s Complaints? Putting its Own Energy Saving into Perspective
Is it Fair to Treat China as a Christmas Tree to Hang Everybody’s Complaints? Putting its Own Energy Saving into Perspective
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10.2139/ssrn.1443892
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2008-10
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Zhongxiang Zhang
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Zhongxiang Zhang
中国多年来一直是世界第二大碳排放国。最近的研究表明，中国在2007年已经超过美国成为世界上最大的排放国。这使中国成为焦点，而此时正值国际社会开始根据巴厘路线图就后京都气候制度进行谈判。中国似乎变成了一棵圣诞树，每个人都可以把他/她的抱怨挂在上面。本文将首先通过考察中国在节能减排、可再生能源的广泛使用和参与清洁发展机制等方面所做的努力来讨论这样的批评是否公平。其次，通过考察中国实现国家节能目标的温室气体减排量是通过中国的单边行动实现的，还是主要依靠清洁发展机制项目的支持实现的，对中国单边行动的碳减排量进行了分析。最后，本文探讨了发展中国家在2012年后气候机制中的承诺，从而为未来国际气候谈判指明了方向和重点。最后，强调中国需要作为一个负责任的发展中大国，承担应有的责任，为广大发展中国家树立榜样，阐述了中国可以做什么，以说明中国可以成为应对全球气候变化的好伙伴。
China has been the world’s second largest carbon emitter for years. Recent studies show that China had overtaken the U.S. as the world’s largest emitter in 2007. This has put China on the spotlight, just at a time when the world community starts negotiating a post-Kyoto climate regime under the Bali Roadmap. China seems to become such a Christmas tree on which everybody can hang his/her complaints. This paper will first discuss whether such a critics is fair by examining China’s own efforts towards energy saving, the widespread use of renewable energy and participation in clean development mechanism. Next, the paper puts carbon reductions of China’s unilateral actions into perspective by examining whether the estimated greenhouse gas emission reduction from meeting the country’s national energy saving goal is achieved from China’s unilateral actions or mainly with support from the clean development mechanism projects. Then the paper discusses how far developing country commitments can go in an immediate post-2012 climate regime, thus pointing out the direction and focus of future international climate negotiations. Finally, emphasizing that China needs to act as a large and responsible developing country and take due responsibilities and to set a good example to the majority of developing countries, the paper articulates what can be expected from China to illustrate that China can be a good partner in combating global climate change.