On July 5, experts from NRDC’s China Coal Cap and Oil Cap Projects joined a research salon at Tsinghua University and presented their latest findings to Xie Zhenhua, China’s Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs, and professors He Jiankun and Li Zheng from the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at Tsinghua University. NRDC experts introduced the pathways and policy recommendations for China to cap its coal and oil consumption and to peak CO2 emissions by around 2025, five years earlier than China’s NDC. They also underscored the need and feasibility for limiting coal power plant construction and coal consumption in the coal chemicals and iron and steel sectors. Xie spoke highly of the research findings and recommendations, and encouraged more exchange and cooperation between the Coal Cap and Oil Cap team and the Tsinghua team.

Source: NRDC

Date: July 5, 2019