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International Sustainable Cities Forum
Building Sustainable Cities
Bringing together government and corporate leaders from New Zealand and China to explore the challenges and opportunities of building sustainable cities. Held in conjunction with the 1st Anniversary of the signing of the China-NZ FTA.
China’s green revolution
Article in NZ Herald – 2 June 09 – exploring some opportunities arising as a result of the future challenges in the sustainability space.
China’s upcoming ‘Green Revolution’ has been tipped as a hot opportunity for New Zealand companies to promote their technologies in the sustainability space.
McKinsey’s China head Andrew Grant says the situation facing China as the growth in greenhouse gas emissions accelerates is “slightly terrifying” but presents plenty of opportunities.
“Today, China and the US roughly emit about seven gigatonnes of CO2 each year,” Grant said. “If you assume the current technology and GDP growth rate continues, in 2030 China ends up emitting 23 gigatonnes of CO2 each year.”
To arrest the growth in emissions China needs to switch from its dependence on coal to fuel the electricity plants that power its factories, and, shift to more renewable energy.
Tags: china, green, new zealand herald, sustainability, sustainable development
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