FACT SHEET

The 'Economics of Climate Change – Towards a Low-carbon Economy in China' project, running from October 2007 to November 2009, sought to shift the Chinese government's perspective on climate change from a cost-based reactive position to an opportunity-driven one. Through a collaboration between Chinese and international economists, the project produced 13 action-oriented background papers and a synthesis report to explore alternative low-carbon development paths and international cooperation mechanisms.

• The project proposed a new framework for country-level cooperation that prioritizes economy-wide effects of climate mitigation projects and offers greater flexibility than existing mechanisms between developed and developing nations.
• The research introduced a consumption-based emissions concept designed to comprehensively incorporate factors such as trade, investment, and social well-being.
• The project's activities included projecting emissions and the proposal of a new plan for international climate cooperation.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2009). FACT SHEET. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/china-cluster/towards-low-carbon-economy-china.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. FACT SHEET. 2009. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/china-cluster/towards-low-carbon-economy-china.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2009fact, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{FACT SHEET}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2009}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/china-cluster/towards-low-carbon-economy-china.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }