December 2011
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Title
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P0038 Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development and Policy Options in China
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Australian $
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$200,000
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Chinese $
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$102,000
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Duration
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1 year
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Key Chinese Agencies
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State Information Center of the National Development and Reform Commission
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Key Australian Agencies
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Australian National University / Monash University
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Status
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Project completed in June 2011.
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Objectives
The project objectives are to analyse the possibility of relative emission reduction of Green House Gases (GHG) and its comprehensive impact on China’s economic and social development by building up an internationally advanced quantitative model system.
Key Activities / Components
a) Special topic studies. These will contain literature and policy review about international/China climate change issues and GHG emission mitigation; data collection/estimation and procurement; modelling and policy simulations and policy researches on the climate change in the two countries.
b) Scoping and design for a full scale study project for the following 3 years. The experts from the two countries are to discuss, determine and write a full size work plan/report covering all the detailed contents to be implemented in future.
c) Working visits. The working visits will be arranged to establish the connection and strengthen the intercommunication between SIC of NDRC and Australian partners. The Chinese delegations will visit relevant institutions and agencies in Australia.
d) International conference. A 2-day international conference will be held in Beijing, and the conference proceedings will be documented as the final output, and proposed to the relative government departments.
Contribution to ACEDP Program Outcomes
The project will provide suggestions to China’s policy formulation on climate change adoption in terms of national economic and social development through modelling simulation, and will enhance the capacity of climate change analysis on both Australia and China.
Highlights
All the contracted activities under the project have been completed successfully in June 2011 and within budget. The only remaining issue is publication of a Chinese language book containing the project outputs and other authors’ articles on the same topic.