Xu Nan, managing editor at <\/i>chinadialogues’ Beijing Office<\/i><\/p>\n
On June 11, the climate bureau of China’s National Development and Reform Commission launched a new programme designed to boost research into global low-carbon development.<\/p>\n
The International Green Development Plan (iGDP) is a joint project between the NDRC – China’s top economic planning body – the National Climate Strategy Centre, The Energy Foundation and The Climate Foundation.<\/p>\n
It aims to promote research into green development and encourage the dissemination and implementation of practical solutions, both domestically and overseas. <\/p>\n
In addition, the plan will help provide long-term technical support for low-carbon development projects and carbon trading test areas. The National Climate Strategy Centre and The Energy Foundation will together establish a programme office and set up an expert steering committee, inviting Chinese and international scholars to help draw up initial guidelines.<\/p>\n
Those behind the iGDP say it will serve as a platform for integrating low-carbon projects and energy development, and for matching up China’s “peak carbon” target with international goals.<\/p>\n
The programme will look at China’s energy resources – and resource constraints – in light of long-term global emission reduction targets, as well as researching low-carbon development targets for 2050, and strategies for achieving them, and making policy recommendations.<\/p>\n
The NRDC’s climate chief, Su Wei, attended the unveiling ceremony.<\/p>\n
This article is translated and published here as part of our Green Growth project, a collaboration between chinadialogue and The Energy Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n \n Translated by <\/em>chinadialogue volunteer \u51ef\u5229<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xu Nan, managing editor at chinadialogues’ Beijing Office On June 11, the climate bureau of China’s National Development and Reform Commission launched a new programme designed to boost research into global low-carbon development. The International Green Development Plan (iGDP) is a joint project between the NDRC – China’s top economic planning body – the National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[758],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-30009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n