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Table 1.2 Energy consumption and CO 2 emissions in China (2000-2015)
Energy
consumption
(100 Mtce)
Coal
consumption
(100 Mtce)
CO 2 (billion tons of
CO 2 equivalent
weight)
Year
2000
14.6
14.1
-
2008
29.1
28.1
6.55
2009
30.7
29.7
6.85
2010
32.1
32.0
7.17
2011
33.5
33.5
7.51
2012
35.0
35.0
7.85
2013
36.6
36.6
8.22
2014
38.3
38.3
8.60
2015
40.0
40.0
9.00
Annual growth (2008-2015)%
4.65
5.2
4.64
Total amount of the 12th plan
(2011-2015)
183.5
185.4
411.8
Share of the world in 2015(%)
20.96
48.3
27.16
Multiple of the US in 2015
1.27
3.45
1.63
Share of world's increase during
2008-2015(%)
50.23
80.8
67.31
Source: Data about coal consumption come from the website of National Energy Bureau of China;
energy consumption data are drawn from China Statistical Abstract 2010 and website of the
National Energy Bureau; CO 2 emissions are calculated by Hu Angang based on IEA and WTO
statistics
Note: Data of 2010-2014 is estimated upon the fixed annual growth rate
Though China has taken unprecedentedly strict energy saving measures, it still
has to make great efforts to realize its target for 2020. The 12th Five-Year Plan for
National Economic and Social Development proposed that the annual GDP growth
rate be 8 % and that the income per capita be doubled by 2020 (according to US$
4,200 in 2010, it will reach US$ 8,400). To achieve those targets demands enor-
mous energy and will bring about more environmental impacts. The huge demand
for energy and pressure on the environment is increasing and becoming a bottleneck
restraining and slowing down economic development in China. Therefore,
responses to global climate change, energy saving and emissions reduction,
improvements on environment and ecology, and green development are not only
the results of pressure from the international community but also of China's future
development need.
1.2.6 China Should Lead the World in Emissions Reduction
Ross Garnaut indicated in Low Carbon Economy that, “In the current world,
policies at any level and any influential global campaigns cannot do without
China's participation. Simply looking upon China's importance in international
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