Fact Sheet: Energy and Climate Policy Action in China (Update)

World Resources Institute
By Deborah Seligsohn, Rob Bradley, and Jonathan Adams on November 5, 2009.

China’s recent statements and policy initiatives demonstrate growing concerns about energy security, pollution and the ability to sustain long-term economic strategies for reducing poverty.

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China’s per-capita GDP is less than one-tenth of U.S. levels, and about half of its 1.3 billion people earn less than $2 per day. Indeed, China confronts a challenge no other large, emerging economy has ever faced: fostering rapid economic growth while at the same time limiting harmful emissions.

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