mill. tons in 2010 to about 1,500 mill. tons in 2050. (c) The energy efficiency gains in the building sector and other …Between 1980 and 2007, in the Chinese building sector in urban and rural areas, coal was mainly substituted with … electricity and natural gas. Growing income will further increase energy consumption and CO<Subscript>2</Subscript>-emissions in …

China aims at quadrupling its real GDP by 2020 compared to the year 2000. Without any energy and environmental policy … tons of standard coal equivalents (sce) and energy-related CO2-emissions of 11.5 bn tons. Given these expectations, China … is urgently searching for a way to ease these negative implications of economic growth and has committed itself to …

demand growth in the basic industries, private households and the transport sector, between 2002 and 2004, China s energy … the demand side, bottlenecks, blackouts and energy rationing occurred. Middle-term, there might be a more balanced … electricity and coal market due to considerable capacity additions in production and transportation initiated recently. Long …

China aims at quadrupling per-capita GDP by 2020 compared to the year 2000. Without any energy and environmental policy ….3 billion tons of standard coal equivalents (sce) and energy-related CO2-emissions of 13.9 billion tons Against this background … countries economic development and subsequent economic growth-related environmental problems. China is urgently searching for a …

-industrial level. An increase of only 2°C would bring about “acceptable” negative impacts on the eco-systems and the world economy … the challenges of China’s economic growth, its impact on future CO2 emissions and the development of China’s climate …