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In November 2014, the US and the Chinese governments announced their carbon emission reduction targets by 2030. The objective of this chapter was to quantitatively project the two countries’ carbon emissions. A top-down approach is used to analyze the relationship between the Chinese economic development and energy demand, and identify potentials of energy savings and carbon emission reduction in China. A simple time series approach is utilized to project carbon emission reduction in the USA. The predictions drawn from the analysis of this chapter indicate that both China and the USA need to use energy efficiency as a first tool to achieve their carbon emission reduction goals.
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Yang, M., Yu, X. (2015). Energy Efficiency Becomes First Tool for Climate Change Mitigation. In: Energy Efficiency. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6666-5_3
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