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Energy use and CO2 emissions in China [electronic resource] : retrospect and prospect / Peter Sheehan and Fiona Sun
Bib ID 5465542
Format BookBook, OnlineOnline
Author
Sheehan, P. J. (Peter James), 1940-
 
Online Access
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Description Melbourne : Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, 2006 
Series

Climate change working paper ; no. 4.

PANDORA electronic collection.

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Mode of access: Internet via the World Wide Web. Address as at 22/07/2011: http://www.cfses.com/publish/papers_climate.htm. 

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader to access PDF document. 

Summary

For more than two decades after the ‘opening to the market’ in 1979 China achieved rapid expansion with low growth in energy use, the energy growth rate being only about half that of GDP. This has not continued in recent years; over 2001-05 real GDP grew by 45% and energy use by 57%. During 1979-2001 falling energy intensities, in both secondary and tertiary industries, substantially offset the impact on energy demand of high growth and structural change, but the decline in sectoral intensities ceased after 2001. China will find difficult to achieve further reductions in energy intensity prior to 2010, and major policy initiatives or structural change may be necessary to return to an energy elasticity of GDP of much less than one. An unchanged policy projection shows growth in energy use and CO2 emissions from fuel combustion in China over 2002-30 of 6.7% and 6.5% per annum respectively. Such growth will place heavy pressure on both Chinese and global supplies of energy, and will have major implications for the world’s climate.

Notes

Title from title screen (viewed on 22 July 2011)

"June 2006".

"Climate Change Project Working Paper Series".

Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-19)

Text and graphics.

Selected for archiving.

Frequency 20 p 
Subjects Energy consumption - China.  |  Atmospheric carbon dioxide - Environmental aspects - China.  |  China  |  Greenhouse effect  |  Energy policy  |  Energy consumption  |  Economic development  |  Gross domestic product  |  Statistics  |  Trends to 2020  |  History, 1980-1989  |  History, 1990-1999  |  History, 2000-  |  Overseas item
Other authors/contributors Sun, Fiona  |  Victoria University of Technology. Centre for Strategic Economic Studies

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