UN Summit on Climate Change in Paris – Destined to Fail or Succeed?
... power sector by 32% by 2030 from 2005 levels. In the last years, China made a rapid evolution from a laggard to a leader in environmental policy. China announced targets to peak CO2 emissions around 2030 and increase the non-fossil fuel share of all energy to around 20% by 2030. Air pollution legislation has been strengthened significantly to combat poor air quality in cities. China’s national carbon market is set to launch in 2017 and will be the largest in the world. The Communist Party and the government announced in September 2015 a new reform plan “to promote ecological progress” comprising of redefining ...