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The Energy and CO2 Emissions Impact of Renewable Energy Development in China
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2013-04)
China’s recently-adopted targets for developing renewable electricity—wind, solar, and biomass—would require expansion on an unprecedented scale in China and relative to existing global installations. An important question ...
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 ...
Consumption-Based Adjustment of China's Emissions-Intensity Targets: An Analysis of its Potential Economic Effects
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2013-03)
China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan (2011–2015) aims to achieve a national carbon intensity reduction of 17% through differentiated targets at the provincial level. Allocating the national target among China’s provinces is ...