This document provides information on addressing climate change in Beijing, including challenges, projects, strategies, and achievements. It outlines that Beijing faces challenges from rapid development, high fossil fuel dependency, and climate risks. Projects aim to reduce energy use and carbon emissions by 17-18% by 2015 through energy efficiency, cleaner energy, and carbon sinks. Strategies include an emissions trading system, regulations, plans, and coordinating across levels of government and sectors. Achievements include the emissions trading system and reduced energy intensity.

1. Lin Gan
Department of Resource Conservation and Environment
Protection(Department of Addressing Climate Change)
Beijing DRC
30-Mar-15
Addressing Climate Change in Beijing

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Outlines
1.Basic Information
2. Challenges
3. Project
4. Strategies &Achievements
5.Experience&Implications

3. 1.Basic Information
 Beijing Capital of China
• Geography: on the north end of the North China Plain surrounded
by mountains to west, north & northeast.
• Climate: temperate, semi-humid continental climate.
• Area: 16, 410 square km
• Population(2014): 2151.6 million
• Economy(2014):
 GDP: 21,330.8billion RMB(3,412.93billion USD); annual growth rate:
7.3%
 Per capita GDP:99,995RMB(16,278USD)
 Industry Structure:0.7:21.4:77.9
• Energy Consumption(2012):
 Total：71.777 million tons of TCE
 Structure：coal25% ,oil 31.1%,gas16.7%,electricity25.7%
 Energy consumption Per 10,000 GDP(ton of TCE) ：0.436
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4. 1.Basic Information
 Beijing
• Ecological environment:
 Forest coverage rate:40.1%;Forest stock volume: 15,368,000m3
• Influence from climate change:
 Aggravate contradictions between the water resources supply &demand
 Intensify the pressure of flood control and drainage
 Affect the safe operation of the urban energy, transportation in extreme
weather events
 Responsibility of Our Department:
• Beijing DRC: part of the municipal government body, responsible for
studying and initiating the economic& social development policies of the city.
• Department of Resource Conservation and Environment
Protection(Department of Addressing Climate Change):
prepare for the implementation plan of the sustainable development strategy,
propose for policy recommendations for energy& resource saving,
comprehensive utilization and climate change. 4

5. 2. Challenges
 Rapid development of economy & society
 High fossil-energy dependency
 Transition of residential consumption model
 Climate disaster risk management
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6. 3. Project
 Goals(by the end of 2015, comparing with 2010) :
• Energy consumption Per 10,000 GDP(ton of TCE) :17%
decreased
• Energy consumption structure: coal:15million tons; clean
energy:>80%; New and Renewable Energy:6%
• CO2 emission:18% deceased
• Carbon sinks: forest coverage rate:40%
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7.  Mitigation
• Adjusting industrial structure
• Energy conservation and improving energy efficiency
• Optimizing the energy structure
• Increasing carbon sink
 Adaption
• Infrastructure
• Agriculture
• Water Resources
• Public Health
 Low-carbon Pilot Projects: community &Industrial parks
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4. Strategies &Achievements

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4. Strategies &Achievements
 ETS:
• Started on 28th. Nov.2013
• More than 400 enterprises &organizations included
• Price: 50 RMB/ton(30th,Mar.2015), 70RMB/ton (highest)
• Volume:296.069million ton(141.15 million RMB)
 Capability Building
• Legislation: Regulations on Energy Saving in Beijing(2010)
• Plan: Addressing Climate Change Plan(2012-2015),Energy
conservation, emissions reduction and climate change plan Five-Year
Plan(2011-2015)
• Statistics, Accounting and Assessment Systems
• Goal decomposition:14 districts & 2 counties,17 departments,57
key energy-consuming units
• Coordinate: leading group to cope with climate change ; President:
Mayor

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4. Strategies &Achievements
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10. 5.Experience&Implications
 Legislation: First
 Leadership: Important
 Indentify responsibility: Effective
 Market: Valuable
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