Expert says China's carbon plan is binding
COPENHAGEN: China's mid-term carbon intensity cut target is proposed to be a legal-binding guideline for its economic and social development in its 12th and 13th five-year plan period (2010-2020), the country's top energy expert declared in Copenhagen yesterday.
He Jiankun, vice-chairman of the China Expert Panel on Climate Change, has led his research team to map the energy and greenhouse gas emission control blueprint in 2020 for the Chinese government to make policy.
The target, which is to cut CO2 emission per unit of GDP by 40-45 percent in 2020 relative to the 2005 intensity level, was released one week ago before the Chinese delegation headed to Copenhagen and sends a strong signal of the nation's political will to reach a successful deal to follow the Kyoto Protocol.