Ⅰ General Report
1 China’s Transition from a High-carbon Economy to
Low-carbon Economy .................................................../001
Ⅱ Methodologies of Low-carbon Economy
2 A Growth Theory for Low-carbon Economy ................................/017
3 A Methodology for Carbon Emission Measurement ........................./032
4 Economic Analysis of Low-carbon Growth and Employment ................./044
5 Low-carbon Sustainable Development ..................................../064
6 Forest Carbon Sinks and Low-carbon Economy ............................/078
7 Low-carbon International Trade Theory ................................./082
Ⅲ Low-carbon Economy Abroad
8 Low-carbon Economic Development Abroad ................................/098
9 Japan’s Law and Policy for Low-carbon Economic Development .........../124
10 Japan’s Low-carbon Society Plan ...................................../132
11 Korea’s Low-carbon Green Growth Strategy ............................/143
12 Germany’s Low-carbon Economic Development .........................../157
13 India’s Low-carbon Economic Development ............................./174
14 Low-carbon and Ecological Model City in Japan (Kitakyushu City) ....../184
15 Low-carbon Economic Development in Japan (Hokkaido) ................../199
16 Low-carbon Nagoya Planning (Japan) .................................../209
17 Sino-Japan Comparison of Development System for
the Low-carbon Economy .............................................../216
18 Sino-Japan Cooperation on the Low-carbon Economy ...................../236
Ⅳ Low-carbon Economy in China
19 China and the Transition to a Low-carbon National Economy ............/250
20 China’s Green Low-carbon Development ................................/257
21 China’s Options for a Low-carbon Energy Development ................./268
22 Carbon Constraints on Growth in China’s Future Trajectory .........../287
23 The Pressure on developing low-carbon economy in China .............../299
24 Carbon-tariff and its impact on the Chinese Economy ................../303
25 Carbon Emission by Sectors and Policies for Emission Reduction ......./314
26 A Business Model for the Low-carbon Economy ........................../327
27 Low-carbon Business in China ........................................./340
28 Shanghai’s Industrial Structure Change and Energy Intensity ........./347
29 Decoupling Industrial Growth and Carbon Dioxide
in Shanxi Province .................................................../362
30 Low-carbon Economic Development in Jiangsu Province ................../377
31 Low-carbon Economic Development in Zhangjiagang City ................./385
32 Low-carbon Economic Development in Guizhou Province ................../390
33 Low-carbon Economic Development in Guiyang City ....................../397
34 Appendix 1: International Energy and Carbon Emission Statistics ....../409
35 Appendix 2: China’s Energy and Carbon Emission Statistics .........../421
36 Postscript .........................................................../427
This is China’s first serial research report on low-carbon economy. It covers research results achieved by core members of Roman Club, IPCC working group members, government advisers on climate exchange issues, designers of low-carbon society and cites and other world top scholars, officials and men of insight, covering status quo of international economy in post financial crises era, and comparative study of experiences and policy in low-carbon economic development in different countries and current responses to climate change since COP15.