CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Challenge of Climate Change ...................................／195
1.1 The Impacts of Global Climate Change ............................／195
1.2 The Impacts of Climate Change on Social Environment
and Economic System is Ever-increasingly Worsening .............／197
1.3 International Progress in Climate Protection ....................／199
1.4 Challenges ......................................................／201
Chapter 2 Analysis on US Climate Policies ...............................／205
2.1 Overview of Carbon Emission and Development
of Renewable Energy in the US ..................................／205
2.2 Policies on Energy and Climate in the United States .............／208
2.3 Analysis on US Climate Policy ...................................／224
2.4 New Trend of Climate Policies of Obama Administration ...........／238
Chapter 3 Analysis on EU Climate Policies ...............................／253
3.1 Overview of Carbon Emission and Development
of Renewable Energy in the EU ..................................／253
3.2 EU's Climate Policies ...........................................／258
3.3 EU's Climate Policy after 2012 ..................................／274
3.4 Interpretation for EU's International Climate Policy ............／280
3.5 Analysis on EU's Leadership on Climate Policy ...................／297
Chapter 4 Analysis on China's Climate Policies ..........................／302
4.1 Carbon Emission and Development of Renewable Energy in China ....／302
4.2 China's Contribution in Responding Climate Change ...............／305
4.3 Climate Policy instrument .......................................／314
4.4 Evaluation on China's Climate Change Response Policy ............／322
4.5 Systemic Analysis on China's Climate Policies: An Analysis
of Local Governments Actions and Mechanisms against
Climate Change .................................................／325
4.6 Future Trends of China's Carbon Emission ........................／349
4.7 Influence of Target of Carbon Emission Reduction by 40%-45%
on the Economy .................................................／355
Chapter 5 Comparative Analysis ..........................................／358
5.1 Actual Effects ..................................................／358
5.2 Climate Strategy ................................................／362
5.3 Tools of Climate Policy ........................................／364
5.4 Policy-making Procedure ........................................／367
5.5 Future Road to Dealwith Climate Change .........................／368
Chapter 6 Strategic Thoughts on the Development
of China's Low Carbon ......................................／373
6.1 Development of Low Carbon Concept ...............................／374
6.2 Concept and Implementation Path of Low Carbon City ..............／380
6.3 Low Carbon Development of Enterprises ...........................／388
6.4 New Situations and Characteristics for China Economic Development
under Low Carbon Development ...................................／395
6.5 Strategic Thoughts on China's Low Carbon Development:
Take Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Economic Circle as an Example .......／400
Reference ................................................................／413
Postscript ...............................................................／418
This book introduces, analyzes and compares the climate policies between China, the United States and the European. It raises some concepts, viewpoints and suggestions. By reading this book, the readers would have some acquaintance with several issues below: What are the climate policies in China, The United States and the European? How is the line of climate policies probably come to be in The European after the year 2012? What challenges the leadership of climate policies in the European? What are the contributions that China deals with climate change? How to quantitative assessment onto these contributions? What is the meaning of the target of China’s Carbon Emission Reduction in 2020? What is the situation that China is facing with in the context of carbon mission reduction? How to promote the development of low carbon?
