Plan 2020 carbon emissions than 2005 | 40%| carbon dioxide carbon emissions reduction _ news

Beijing News newsletter (reporter Chu Xinyan) today, the State Council to the national climate change plan (2014-2020), which were approved and agreed in principle. Planned by 2020, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP from 2005 goal of 40% to 45%.

Scio in the 19th Conference, Deputy Director of the national development and Reform Commission Xie Zhenhua was invited to the national climate change plan (2014-2020) (referred to as the plan) should be interpreted.

The planning set up to 2020, the major goal of China's response to climate change: 6 years to achieve carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP from 2005 40%-45%, non-fossil energy share of primary energy reached 15%, the forest area and volume in 2005 increased by 40 million hectares and 1.3 billion cubic meters, respectively.

Xie Zhenhua said that now 6 years before 2020, achieve the goal does have considerable difficulties. He said: "we have ways of development on the whole quite extensive, the economic structure, industrial structure, energy structure is not very reasonable, in order to solve these problems, really want from way, way of life, the structural adjustment efforts. ”

At the meeting, Xie revealed that UN climate change Summit on September 23 will be held in New York, Chinese Vice Premier of the State Council, Mr Zhang gaoli, in capacity as the Special Envoy of the Chinese President leads delegation to the gathering. Plan released in the run-up to the Summit, partly to show the international community that China is a responsible big country, said I'd do it.

On the issue of carbon dioxide emissions peak in China, Xie affirmed that China is ready to control the total energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Currently being demonstrated and proposal. When to start taking related initiatives in China, and pass the following further arguments, and to introduce policies and measures in this regard.

Edit: Dai Yuxi

(Original title: domestic Plan 2020 carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 40%)

(Edit: SN123)
22:33 on September 19, 2014
The Beijing News