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Challenges to addressing non-CO2 greenhouse gases in China’s long-term climate strategy.
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Climate Policy (Earthscan) . Sep2018, Vol. 18 Issue 8, p1059-1065. 7p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Under the Paris Agreement, countries are encouraged to submit long-term low greenhouse gas emissions development strategies. Such strategies will merge emissions goals with socio-economic objectives and enable countries to increase their ambition over time, thus offering an opportunity to close the gap between the current emissions trajectory and the Agreement’s ‘well below 2°C’ target. China is in the process of preparing its own long-term strategy. We argue in this article that non-CO2 greenhouse gases (NCGGs) should be an essential component of China’s long-term low-emissions strategy. To incorporate NCGGs into China’s long-term low-emissions development strategy, key scientific and institutional challenges should be addressed, such as uncertainty about the accuracy of NCGG emissions inventories; uncertainty about future projections of NCGG emissions; and institutional coordination deficits and imbalanced policy approaches. Overcoming these barriers will have significant implications for climate change mitigation and can open a path for the development of concrete follow-up actions. Key policy insights Non-CO2 greenhouse gases (NCGGs) make up around 17% of China’s GHG emissions, but China has no quantified target to limit or reduce these gases. NCGG emissions mitigation should be an essential component of China's long-term low-emissions strategy, which is currently under development. Considerable uncertainty exists over both historical NCGG emissions data and forecasts. This poses challenges to developing a comprehensive multi-gas strategy. Institutional challenges must also be addressed, such as fragmentation of responsibility for NCGGs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14693062
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Climate Policy (Earthscan)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 130821862
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2017.1403300