China has most projects to curb greenhouse gas emissions

By the end of October this year, the Chinese government approved 2,232 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects and 663 of them have been successfully registered in the CDM Executive Board of the UN, topping the number of CDM registered projects worldwide, a Chinese official said Thursday.

Sun Cuihua, deputy director of the Department of Climate Change at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) disclosed the news Thursday at the EU-China CDM Facilitation Project Final Dissemination Conference in Beijing, which is aimed to build cooperation between China and the EU on CDM projects and discuss the development trends of CDM projects after 2012.

She added that these 663 projects will help reduce some 190 million tons of carbon emissions, making up 58 percent of the total emissions amount by the registered CDM projects globally, ranking the first place in the world.

EU Ambassador to China Serge Abou said at the conference that China has taken about 60 percent of the global carbon market share, and cooperation on carbon transactions between China and the EU plays an important role in the carbon economy of both sides.

Wan Bentai, chief engineer of the Ministry of the Environmental Protection of China said the Chinese government is paying much attention to cooperating with the international community on the issue of climate change and cooperation with the EU on CDM projects are important.

He explained that until June 30 this year, China's CDM projects that were approved by the CDM Executive Board of the UN have produced a total of 63 million tons of carbon emissions, accounting for 45 percent of the emissions produced by CDM projects approved by the Chinese government.

Compared with the 2,232 CDM projects the Chinese government has approved, many delegates said the 663 registered with the CDM Executive Board of the UN was too small.

Sun explained that because of the CDM Executive Board of the UN's lack of complete understanding of China's policies, some projects of China can not be registered in a timely fashion.

She also hopes the board can adjust and improve the rules for the registered projects, speed up the process of registration, promote transferring relevant high-technology to developing countries to push China to contribute more to curb the world climate change.
 

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