signature=ccfeaa97671a8d2b4b7603dc3935863f,Dealing with Challenges of Energy and Climate Change: Pol...

Vb J．28 No．4 2014 Forum

Dealing with Challenges of Ener

and Climate Change ●

＼／ NG Yi

Institute of Policy and Management,Chinese Academy of Sciences

Rapid growth of total energy consumption

and carbon emissions is a challenge to

sustainable energy development

In the first decade of the 2 1 century，along with

the acceleration of industriaIization and urbanization．

especially the rapid development of heavy and chemical

industrialization，the energy supply and demand situation

in China has undergone major changes，and the energy

consumption saw an unprecedented rapid growth．In 20 1 2，

China’s total energy consumption reached 3．62 billion

tce，an increase by nearly 1．5 times than 1．46 bilion tce

in 2000；the energy consumption per capita was 2．68 tce，

which is slightly higher than the world average level r2．5

tce)．China has become the world’s largest energy producer

and consumer．At the same time，China’s carbon emissions

accounted for more than a quarter of the world’s tota1．

Although China’s energy eficiency continues to improve，in

terms of dealing with energy security and climate change，

or reducing smog pollution and achieving sustainable

development goals，we need to accelerate the transformation

of energy and low carbon development，which poses new

chalenges to the energy and climate change policies．

According to our analysis，policy-oriented researches are

crucial to be conducted in the following three areas．

Exploring a new normal to increase energy