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China‘s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

Updated: 2016-01-20 | By: China.org.cn

The Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) are the emissions reduction targets voluntarily set by each individual signatory country to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. They constitute a part of the agreement reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) held in Paris in late 2015.

On June 30, 2015, China submitted to the United Nations a plan of action entitled Enhanced Actions on Climate Change: China's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. Based on its prevailing national conditions, the stage of development at which it stands, a strategy for sustainable development, and the international responsibilities that it bears, China has made a set of commitments that are to be reached by 2030 at the latest: to achieve its peak carbon dioxide emissions (and to make every possible effort to peak earlier); to lower carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 60 to 65 percent from the 2005 level; to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 20 percent; to increase its forest stock by around 4.5 billion cubic meters against the 2005 level.

China also unveiled its future goals through 2020, 2030, and thereafter, and outlined the relevant policies and measures designed to attain these goals. China's INDCs herald a new policy, and represent a pledge it has made to the international community.

"国家自主贡献"是《联合国气候变化框架公约》各缔约方根据自身情况确定的应对气候变化行动目标,是2015年底在巴黎召开的第21届联合国气候变化会议协议的组成部分。

中国政府于2015年6月30日向联合国提交了《强化应对气候变化行动——中国国家自主贡献》。在这个报告里,中国政府根据自身国情、发展阶段、可持续发展战略和国际责任,确定了到2030年的自主行动目标,即:二氧化碳排放2030年左右达到峰值并争取尽早达峰;单位国内生产总值二氧化碳排放比2005年下降60%-65%,非化石能源占一次能源消费比重达到20%左右,森林蓄积量比2005年增加45亿立方米左右。

中国还明确提出从当前到2020年、2030年及以后的行动路线图,为落实"贡献"目标规划了详细的政策措施和实施路径。中国此次提出的"国家自主贡献",是向国际社会作出的新的政策宣示和行动承诺。