Key Chinese government officials, research institutes, international think-tanks, and enterprise convened at COP21 today to discuss emission peaking strategies and methodologies in developing countries.
China, who submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) in June 2015, is determined to achieve the peaking of carbon dioxide emissions around 2030. At the China Pavilion, it brought together key developing nations to discuss its experience and lessons learned for other developing countries moving towards low carbon economic development pathways.
The event, “Strategies and Methodologies for Peaking in Developing Countries,” was co-organized by the Chinese Domestic Affairs Division, Department of Addressing Climate Change, National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NDRC), Energy Research Institute of NDRC, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and ICLEL-Local Governments for Sustainability.
JIANG Zhaoli, Deputy Director General, Department of Addressing Climate Change Department, NDRC opened on behalf of Xie Zhenhua, China Special Envoy on Climate Change. Other prominent speakers included Prof. Priyadarshi Shukla, Co-Chair of IPCC-WG2, Jose Maria Figueres, Chairman of Rocky Mountain Institute and Former President of Costa Rica, and Monika Zimmermann, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability.
The event covered peaking emissions pathways, innovative development mechanisms, low-carbon financing for developing countries. Other speakers and participants included: DAI Yande, Deputy Director of Energy Research Institute, NDRC, ZOU Ji, Deputy Director General, National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute, LV Xuedu, Advisor to Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank, HE Jiankun, Professor of Tsinghua University, Jon Creyts, Managing Director, Rocky Mountain Institute, and Marcio Araujo de Lacerda, Mayor, City of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
About the Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)—an independent nonprofit founded in 1982—transforms global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future. It engages businesses, communities, institutions, and entrepreneurs to accelerate the adoption of market-based solutions that cost-effectively shift from fossil fuels to efficiency and renewables. In 2014, RMI merged with Carbon War Room (CWR), whose business-led market interventions advance a low-carbon economy. The combined organization has offices in Snowmass and Boulder, Colorado; New York City; Washington D.C; and Beijing.
