The Sleeping Dragon China s Role in Climate Change

The Sleeping Dragon: China’s Role in Climate Change as a Developing Country

Introduction

The Montreal Protocol

Multilateral Fund

CBDR

Justification for Fund

Rio

UNFCCC

CBDR Resurfaces

UNFCCC and CBDR

G-77 Nations

China

White Paper

Legal Instruments

Legal Instruments

The Conference of Parties

COP – 2: Geneva Declaration

Goals

Joint Implementation (JI)

Developing Nations

Emissions Trading

Economic Growth

Population Growth

Uneven Economic Growth

Water Shortages

Biodiversity Loss

Ozone Depletion

Global Climate Change

Rebuilt

Building a Legal System

Administrative Bureaucracy

Still searching for an identity…

Government’s Goals

Signs of Improvement

Further Signs

Other Positive Signs

China and the UNFCCC

NGOs

Categories of NGOs

Governmental Approval

NGOs

Outside Influences

GHG Issue

Problem of GHGs in China

Projections

GHG Emission Projections

Global Environment

Reliance on Coal

Efficiency

Energy Consumption

Steps Taken

Cars = Success

Flaws in Kyoto Protocol

Sinks Problem

“Hot-Air” Problem

Focus Not on Environment

Short-term Perspective

Potential Approaches

Problems with Tradable Credits

Problems with Tradable Credits

Modified CBDR

Two-prong Approach

Benefits of Binding Obligations

More Benefits

Poverty Eradication

Economic Feasibility

Temporal Feasibility

Separate US/China Treaty

US EPA

Beijing Efficiency Center

Additional Sources

Conclusion

Tough Challenges