Most of China’s provinces are ahead of schedule or on track to meet 2015 energy savings targets, the government said on Friday, with Beijing and Shanghai among the frontrunners as the world’s No.2 economy seeks to reduce its impact on the environment.
China has pledged to reduce its energy intensity – the amount of energy it uses to add a dollar to its gross domestic product (GDP) – to 16 percent below 2010 levels by 2015.
Beijing’s intention in setting the targets was to slow emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases and cut expensive fuel imports, but they have won new relevance with the pollution crisis that has enveloped the nation the past two years.
via China provinces on track to meet 2015 energy targets: NDRC | Reuters.
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