China's climate ambition: Revisiting its First Nationally Determined Contribution and centering a just transition to clean energy

S Robinson, C Blair, M McDonough - Energy Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2016 and as part of its commitment under the 2015 Paris Agreement, China submitted its
First Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), outlining its 'best efforts' to limit greenhouse …

A roadmap for China to peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve a 20% share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy by 2030

N Zhou, L Price, D Yande, J Creyts, N Khanna… - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
As part of its Paris Agreement commitment, China pledged to peak carbon dioxide (CO 2)
emissions around 2030, striving to peak earlier, and to increase the non-fossil share of …

China's energy reform and climate policy: the ideas motivating change

OT Boyd - 2012 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
China has embarked on an ambitious and unprecedented programme of energy reform and
climate change mitigation. Yet the motivations for this important shift remain unclear. This …

China's climate and energy policy: at a turning point?

GM Heggelund - International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law …, 2021 - Springer
How have 30 years of development in energy and climate policies influenced long-term
trends in China and what does this imply for future climate policies? To answer the question …

Assessing the Policy gaps for achieving China's climate targets in the Paris Agreement

KS Gallagher, F Zhang, R Orvis, J Rissman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
China committed to peak its carbon emissions around 2030, with best efforts to peak early,
and also to achieve 20% non-fossil energy as a proportion of primary energy supply by …

Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China

Z Liu, Z Deng, G He, H Wang, X Zhang, J Lin… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
China is currently the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2). China therefore has a
key role in global climate change mitigation. Policies and commitments are required to …

[HTML][HTML] The policy-driven peak and reduction of China's carbon emissions

Y Qi, N Stern, JK He, JQ Lu, TL Liu, D King… - Advances in Climate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Pursuant to the Paris Agreement, China committed itself to peak its carbon
emissions by around 2030 and to increase the non-fossil share of primary energy to 20% at …

In what format and under what timeframe would China take on climate commitments? A roadmap to 2050

Z Zhang - International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law …, 2011 - Springer
Balancing China's energy needs to fuel its rapid economic growth with the resulting potential
impacts of climate change presents an enormous climate policy dilemma, not simply for …

Lessons from China's overseas coal exit and domestic support

C Nedopil - Science, 2023 - science.org
China achieved an important climate milestone in September 2021 when it unilaterally
announced that it would stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad. A belief that this …

Assessing China's carbon intensity pledge for 2020: stringency and credibility issues and their implications

ZX Zhang - Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2011 - Springer
Just prior to the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit, China pledged to cut its carbon
intensity by 40–45% by 2020 relative to its 2005 levels. This raises the issue of whether such …