The document discusses China's evolving energy and climate trends from 2000 to 2015, highlighting shifts in CO2 emissions related to energy and cement. It emphasizes the need for a reduction in industrial energy consumption, ambitious renewable energy initiatives, and innovative policies to realize a new vision for energy transformation. The overall call to action is for more significant and immediate measures to address these trends.

1. RANPING SONG. DEC 5TH 2017
CHINA’S CHANGING
ENERGY AND CLIMATE
TRENDS
What happened and could happen next?

2. THE BIG PIVOT

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2000 2005 2010 2015
Energy&CementCO2Emissions(Gt)
Data: BP 2017; 2017 projection from Global Carbon Project and the University of East Anglia
LATEST DATA: A
BLIP OR LONG
TERM TREND?

4. Photo: IOC Young Reporters/Flickr
WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR THE NEW VISION
TO TAKE HOLD?
• Cut industrial energy consumption
• Even more ambitious renewable energy development
• Innovative and pragmatic policy approach

5. Photo: Trey Ratcliff/Flickr Photo: Jonathan Kos-Read/Flickr
STRONGER ACTION IS
NOT OPTIONAL