The intention is to encourage
cities peak their emissions ahead of the national target year.
Not exact matches
Other notable collaborations included 11 additional Chinese
cities joining China's Alliance of Peaking Pioneer Cities that are committing to peak their carbon dioxide emissions before China's national goal of
cities joining China's Alliance of
Peaking Pioneer
Cities that are committing to peak their carbon dioxide emissions before China's national goal of
Cities that are committing to
peak their carbon dioxide
emissions before China's national goal of 2030.
A partnership was formed between the Compact of Mayors and the Alliance of
Peaking Pioneer
Cities to jointly mitigate
emissions, one of many various arrangements between U.S. and Chinese government, local, and private entities to advance low - carbon strategies.
Some
cities, especially those in the Western region, are still rapidly industrializing and may need more time to get to
peak emissions.
Cities» early
peaking could help China to reach its national
emission peak ahead of 2030 and contribute to the global 2 degrees C target.
To balances these
cities» progress, more fully developed
cities need to
peak emissions ahead of 2030.
The 2016 - 2020 five - year plan specifically mentions that more developed
cities should
peak their
emissions ahead of national
peaking target.
They can look to
cities like Chengdu and tools like WRI's
emission inventory,
emission peaking, and low carbon action planning tools to reach their goals.
That changed today during the 2016 China - US Climate - Smart / Low Carbon
Cities Summit in Beijing, when Chengdu formally announced its commitment to control carbon dioxide
emissions so that they reach a
peak around 2025 and decline after that — a target five years ahead of China's national aim to
peak carbon
emissions by 2030.