文档介绍：Low Carbon in China
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Overview
China’s industrial boom has made it a very polluted place,and the unprecedented growth in recent years e at a terrible price.
Two-thirds of its rivers and lakes are too polluted for industrial use, let alone agriculture or drinking.
Just 1 in 100 of China’s nearly 600 million city dwellers breathes air that would be considered safe in Europe.
At a time when arable land is in short supply, poisoned floodwaters have ruined many productive fields.
Last year, ahead of most forecasts, China passed the . to e the world’s largest source of greenhouse gases.
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Efforts
In part spurred by an ambitious 2005 Renewable Energy Law ,china is also quietly positioning itself as a player in the renewable energy sector, and many environmentalists are unabashedly optimistic.
China intends to lead the low-carbon race, it has so far invested some $12 billion in renewable energy — more than than any other country in the world except Germany. And it plans to double the proportion of renewable energy to 15 percent by 2020.
Now three-fourths of Chinese electricity is from coal,however, China’s heavy dependence on coal is a legacy of the past. China’s leaders see it as a necessity, not an achievement.
Renewable energy sources, are seen by many Chinese leaders as the key to the country’s economic future and national security, Pro-renewables policies h