Guidebook to carbon neutrality in China : macro and industry trends under new constraints.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

CICC Research, CICC Global Institute.

CICC Global Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon dioxide mitigation--China.

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

Environmental policy--China.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xliv, 335 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

2022.

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Open Access publication focuses on China’s goal of achieving peak carbon emissions in 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. The book is the first to systematically build a framework combining a top-down and bottom-up analysis of this acute topic. What does carbon neutrality mean for economics in China? Might it imply stagflation or is it an opportunity to maximize the potential of green manufacturing? The book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the pursuit of carbon neutrality may influence the development of China's economy, and the country's biggest industries, while foreseeing the likely changes in people's lifestyles. In total, the book constructs a comprehensive path for China's carbon neutrality drive from the perspective of the green premium. This effort lays the foundation for a discussion of the country's emissions reduction plan. The book goes further, calculating the investment required for different sectors to achieve carbon neutrality, and illustrating the roles of carbon pricing and green finance in this undertaking. The book’s information comes from a network of primary sources, including experts in the field and noted academics, to depict potential low-carbon roadmaps and green transitions in major industries. Emphasized is green development in sectors that will be critical to civilization, including in technology, energy, manufacturing, transportation, and urban planning, which are backed by in-depth discussions and analyses. Accessible and academically rigorous, the work is anchored in the economics of carbon neutrality, extends to potential policy implications and identifies investment opportunities. This valuable reference will attract readers interested in public policy, economics, finance, and investors who seek to better understand China's prospects in the low-carbon economy of the near future.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Exploring road to carbon neutrality: Crossroads between the past and next 40 years

Chapter 2. Carbon neutrality: Innovation and fairness

Chapter 3. Is there a unified carbon price for all industries?

Chapter 4. Green finance: Clarifying functions and capacity

Chapter 5. Green technology: From quantity to quality

Chapter 6. Green energy: A new chapter in China

Chapter 7. Green manufacturing: Carbon emission reduction roadmap from perspective of green premium

Chapter 8. Green transportation: A challenging road to carbon neutrality

Chapter 9. Living green: New lifestyle and social governance

Chapter 10. Green city: Improving urban planning and governance

Chapter 11. Digital economy to help achieve carbon neutrality

Chapter 12. Investment amid carbon neutrality and sustainable development

Chapter 13. Global carbon neutrality and China’s commitment.

Notes:

Translated from Chinese.

ISBN:

981-16-9024-3

OCLC:

1299238211