Chinas Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions - 9780367030445

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Chinas Role in Reducing Carbon EmissionsThe Stabilisation of Energy Consumption and the Deployment of Renewable Energy\nAuthor(s): David Toke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367030445, 978-0367030445\nSynopsis\nChina, a still developing economy comprising a fifth of the worlds population, will play a key role in the global movement towards reducing carbon emissions. The aims of the Paris Agreement may stand or fall with China, both for its own contribution and the example it will set the developing world.\n\nChinas Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions discusses the prospects for China achieving radical reductions in carbon emissions, within the context of the current economic and political landscape. With a particular focus on technologies such as such as wind power, solar power and electric vehicles, Toke examines how China is transitioning to a state of stable energy consumption via a service-based economy and h.