How China can drive a new clean industrial revolution

CHINA AND GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS CHINA'S NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS ASSUME OFFICE, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A SMARTER, BETTER, MORE PROSPEROUS FUTURE - FOR CHINA, AND THE WORLD. WHY? FIRSTLY, CHINA'S RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH HAS COME AT A BIG ENVIRONMENTAL COST. IN TWO DECADES CHINA'S ECONOMY HAS GONE FROM 1/5 THE SIZE OF THE US' AND IS ON TRACK TO BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST BY 2020. 8.5X SSS$$$$$ 66% INCREASE IN PER CAPITA INCOME REDUCTION IN ABSOLUTE POVERTY* * DEFINED AS LIVING ON $2 OR LESS/ DAY BUT AIR AND WATER POLLUTION NOW COSTS CHINA IS NOW THE 5.8% NO.1 GREENHOUSE GAS EMITTER OF GDP CHINA IS, HOWEVER, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THERE HAS BEEN 50% REDUCTION IN 32% INCREASE 20% YEARLY INCREASE CARBON INTENSITY* FOREST COVER SINCE 1990 IN R&D* FUNDING * THE AMOUNT OF CARBON EMITTED PER UNIT OF ENERGY CONSUMED. * RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, CHINA NEEDS TO FULLY EMBRACE A "GREEN DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY', CHARACTERIZED BY 1 DECOUPLING GROWTH FROM RESOURCE USE $7A 2 INCREASING GLOBAL INTEGRATION DOMESTICALLY This is part of THE CLEAN REVOLUTION CHINA CAN ACHIEVE THIS IS BY MEETING TEN CRITICAL CONDITIONS: 01 SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH 02 1 INCREASED RESOURCE EFFICIENCY 07 2 GREEN BUSINESS AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMY 03 1 INCREASED ENERGY SECURITY 06 DECREASE LOCAL POLLUTION 08 04 1 INCREASED ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCREASED LOW CARBON INNOVATION 09 O FULL INTEGRATION INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY 10 INCREASED INFLUENCE IN INTERNATIONAL 05 PEAKED CO, EMISSIONS PROCESSES INTERNATIONALLY CHINA CAN ACHIEVE THIS THROUGH GLOBAL CONSENSUS AND COLLABORATION, MET BY FOLLOWING THIS FRAMEWORK: DEMONSTRABLE ACTION EQUITY & FAIRNESS LEADERSHIP TRANSPARENCY RECIPRICOCITY BY MEETING THESE CRITERIA, CHINA CAN DRIVE A NEW GLOBAL CLEAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION - AN OPPORTUNITY ITS INCOMING LEADERS CAN AND MUST GRASP LEARN MORE BY READING THE FULL REPORT, 'CONSENSUS AND COOPERATION FOR A CLEAN REVOLUTION: CHINA AND GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT', AT THECLEANREVOLUTION.ORG/PUBLICATIONS FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @CLIMATEGROUP AND #CLEANREVOLUTION THE CLIMATE GROUP wwW.THECLIMATEGROUP.ORG I DESIGN BY GUYANG CHEN, THE CLIMATE GROUP