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Figure 1.12: Future CO2 Emission Trends from Fossil Fuel Use
Source: World Energy Outlook 2011, Current Policy Scenario
countries together will account for more than 50 per cent of the world’s
incremental energy demand and CO2 emission over the next two
decades. Hence, in order to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations
and achieve the 2 degree target globally, low carbon transitions in both
countries are of significant importance to global efforts on tackling
climate change and achieving sustainable development.
Both China and India are moving on the right track regarding low
carbon development with strong political willingness, fairly well-
designed domestic policies, and consistent international engagement.
The key to China’s and India’s low carbon technology future is through
innovation, development, and commercialization of new technologies
and focusing on indigenous solutions. In addition, technology transfer
from developed countries and joint R&D with developed countries
can also help the two countries leapfrog to cleaner development
patterns and become leaders in rapidly emerging economic sectors like
renewable energy. However, both China and India need to overcome a
series of social and economic barriers in order to achieve a low carbon
future. For instance, meeting poverty reduction needs, expanding
energy services, ensuring energy security, maintaining and increasing
employment rate, reducing environmental pollution, protecting
biodiversity, have to be kept in mind while moving down a low carbon
development path.
Difficulties for both China and India, as emerging economies, in
developing, deploying, and adopting low carbon technologies is
mostly due to the additional cost associated with it and in some cases
technical barriers to implementation. Besides, collaboration and open
stakeholder involvement from various sectors including government,
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Source: World Energy Outlook 2011, Current Policy Scenario
countries together will account for more than 50 per cent of the world’s
incremental energy demand and CO2 emission over the next two
decades. Hence, in order to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations
and achieve the 2 degree target globally, low carbon transitions in both
countries are of significant importance to global efforts on tackling
climate change and achieving sustainable development.
Both China and India are moving on the right track regarding low
carbon development with strong political willingness, fairly well-
designed domestic policies, and consistent international engagement.
The key to China’s and India’s low carbon technology future is through
innovation, development, and commercialization of new technologies
and focusing on indigenous solutions. In addition, technology transfer
from developed countries and joint R&D with developed countries
can also help the two countries leapfrog to cleaner development
patterns and become leaders in rapidly emerging economic sectors like
renewable energy. However, both China and India need to overcome a
series of social and economic barriers in order to achieve a low carbon
future. For instance, meeting poverty reduction needs, expanding
energy services, ensuring energy security, maintaining and increasing
employment rate, reducing environmental pollution, protecting
biodiversity, have to be kept in mind while moving down a low carbon
development path.
Difficulties for both China and India, as emerging economies, in
developing, deploying, and adopting low carbon technologies is
mostly due to the additional cost associated with it and in some cases
technical barriers to implementation. Besides, collaboration and open
stakeholder involvement from various sectors including government,
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