Full Speed Ahead on the Road to a Low Carbon Economy

According to The Climate Group, the question is not whether China can achieve a low carbon economy, but rather, how they will do it. Multiple reports by The Climate Group assert that China is working to create its own development path.  Wu Changhua discusses China’s strategy to mitigate the negative effects of climate change and become a global leader in technologies that enable the development of a low carbon economy.  She addresses alternative energy sources including the role of nuclear power in China’s energy portfolio.  The definition of China’s low carbon economy is not simply copying a developed country’s model. China’s goal is to be low-carbon by 2020, which represents the creation of a new pathway toward development. Nuclear is part of a low-carbon energy portfolio but not to the exclusion of a mix of other technologies