Browsing China Energy and Climate Project Reports by Title
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Natural Gas Pricing Reform in China: Getting Closer to a Market System?
(2015-08-31)Recent policy in China targets an increase in the contribution of natural gas to the nation’s energy supply. Historically, China’s natural gas prices have been highly regulated with a goal to protect consumers. The old ... -
Quantifying Regional Economic Impacts of CO2 Intensity Targets in China
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-09-01)To address rising energy use and CO2 emissions, China’s leadership has enacted energy and CO2 intensity targets under the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2011–2015), which are defined at both the national and provincial levels. ... -
Synergy between Pollution and Carbon Emissions Control: Comparing China and the U.S.
(MIT Joint Program, 2013-10)We estimate the potential synergy between pollution and climate control in the U.S. and China, summarizing the results as emissions cross-elasticities of control. We set a range of NOx and SO2 targets, and record the ... -
Will Economic Restructuring in China Reduce Trade-Embodied CO2 Emissions?
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2012-10)We calculate CO2 emissions embodied in China’s net exports using a multi-regional input-output database. We find that the majority of China’s export-embodied CO2 is associated with production of machinery and equipment ...