China's New Carbon Intensity Target     

The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 7th.   
    On November 26th, before the conference, China Prime Minister Wen Jiabao announced China's plan to cut carbon emissions per unit of economic output by up to 45% by 2020 compared to 2005 levels. The details are supposed to be presented at the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.
   He said China's goal is in line with what the International Energy Agency thinks is needed to keep global greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations on a path that gives the world a chance of keeping global warming under 2 degrees Celsius, averting the worst impacts of climate change.
    To meet the target, China appears committed to implement ambitious energy-efficiency and fuel-switching policies. Since most renewable and alternate non-fossil energy is in the power sector, this would mean a much higher percentage of total electricity generation needs to come from non-fossil fuel sources, including renewable and nuclear energy.
    With the announcement of China, nearly all industrialized countries and major emerging economies have now announced emissions goals or major action plans on climate.
    China's representative in the conference said that some developed countries have set a goal that was not notable or target was not enough.
    China hopes that the climate change conference in Copenhagen will achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions.