Possible Chinamericas Cooperation for Green Recovery Towards PostKyoto

1
Possible Chinamericas Cooperation for Green
Recovery Towards Post-Kyoto

• HU Tao

2
Economic Crisis impacts on GHGs emission
Less GHGs Emissions
Less consumption Less trade Less production
Economic Crisis
3
Economic Crisis impacts on GHGs emission

• Chinamericas GHGs emissions are due to current
  patterns of
• Consumption by US and China
• Production by China and US
• Trade by Chinamerica
• Embedded flowing out with goods and services from
  China
• 23 of virtual carbon
• 39 of virtual sulfur
• 12 of virtual water
• Embedded flowing in with goods and services to US
• 1/3

4
Economic Crisis impacts on GHGs emission

• G2?
• Political and economic No
• Trade and climate Yes
• Twins of greedy Human Being
• Financial crisis
• Climate crisis

5
Green recovery?

• Two options
• Recovery back to normal
• Business as usual
• Green recovery
• Green consumption
• Green production
• Green trade

6
Possible Cooperation for Green Recovery

• Cooperation for Green recovery
• Green (and less) consumption by US
• Wal-Mart sustainable sourcing initiative
• Buy America and Buy Green
• Green production by China
• Chinas Environmental Friendly Label scheme
• Chinas energy-saving label scheme
• Chinas circular economy program
• Demand of clean technologies and IPRs protection
• Not only for China but the world
• 20 years long protection period
• HIV medicne compulsory license

7
Possible Cooperation for Green Recovery

• Green trade by Chinamerica
• More carrots
• liberalization of Environmental Goods and
  Services (EGS)
• Global-environmental goods and services, such as
  low carbon products and services, non-CFC
  products
• Chinas self-constrain trade measures
• Energy and pollution intensive products exporting
  tariff already applied
• Eco-labeled product exporting encouragement to
  be applied
• Less sticks
• Border Adjustment Tax

8
Ni Haow Are You!