Beijing’s Clean Air Plan will reduce the city’s carbon emissions by 20 million tonnes (Mt) by 2018, according to Thomson Reuters Point Carbon, making significant progress towards recommended air quality levels in China’s capital.
The city of Beijing has published a detailed plan to reduce its air pollution by 25% below 2012 levels by 2017, in order to solve the ‘airpocalypse’ that has been polluting the city.
According to Hongliang Chai, analyst at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon, “The lion’s share of reductions in carbon emissions will need to come from the city’s Heat and Power sectors switching from coal to gas, with industrial shutdowns also likely to contribute to emissions reductions.”
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