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This report focuses on the three types of climate risk – namely agricultural drought risk, urban waterlogging and coastal storm surges – that China is most likely to face in the future. We assess the expected costs and benefits associated with Climate-resilient infrastructure investment and...
Can Hong Kong achieve net zero emissions by 2050? Our report provides technical support for Hong Kong to set carbon neutrality goal. The results show that Hong Kong is able to reduce GHG emissions by 90% from 2005 in 2050, and the remaining 10% will be offset by carbon sinks or credits
Transitioning to zero-emission logistic vehicles is a key measure for cities to achieve cleaner air and to prevent climate change. However, the number of urban electric logistic vehicles is far behind the targets set by the central governments. The study uses Beijing—a city that leads China’s...
This report analyzes the future power demand and assesses the distributed renewable energy potential in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. Based on the results of the potential assessment as well as the analysis on future energy demand, this report draws a preliminary development vision of the...
The Electric Vehicles on the Grid Simulator (https://ev-simulator.wri.org/) is intended to help individual building energy managers, facility owners, distribution service operators, charging point operators, and fleet operators. This model-based simulator enables users to evaluate the potential...
This technical note describes the methodology and technical details of the Zhejiang Energy Policy Simulator, a model used to analyze the greenhouse gas emission pathway and decarbonization policies for Zhejiang Province.
This Report depicts an ambitious vision for China to achieve deep decarbonization by 2050, focusing on the policy options for low-carbon transition during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. It also discusses the feasibility of early peaking in advanced regions and puts forward policy...
This paper surveys the future of distributed energy in China for the coming period 2020–25, based on the past and current market and policy situation, potential, challenges, and evolving and emerging use cases (i.e., technology applications and business models) for distributed energy. The study...
Dockless bike-sharing (DBS) systems have experienced unprecedented growth in China since 2016. The surge of increasing cycling benefited people in multiple ways. However, the poorly managed DBS fleets and unsafe road facilities resulted obstruction and chaos to urban streets....
Hong Kong kicked off a public engagement program during June to September 2019 to collect public views, and it will subsequently formulate a long-term decarbonisation strategy. Many cities have committed to carbon neutrality or deep decarbonisation by 2050 or earlier. Copenhagen, for example,...
The widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) can bring about air quality and climate change benefits. However, the concurrent, unmanaged charging of PEVs will result in surges in power loads and strain power generation, transmissions, and distribution, leading to costly...
The widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) can bring about air quality and climate change benefits. However, the concurrent, unmanaged charging of PEVs will result in surges in power loads and strain power generation, transmissions, and distribution, leading to costly public...
The Design Manual on Safe Access to Public Transportation in China is based on the safe systems approach, which holds that users and designers of road traffic systems should share responsibility for traffic safety, and that streets should create a tolerant environment that minimize the frequency...
The global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions need to reach net-zero as soon as possible in order to achieve the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal. Cities contribute to 70% of global GHG emissions, and its transportation sector will show the fastest growth in GHG emissions. Therefore, to...
Hong Kong currently does not have a long-term decarbonization strategy or target beyond 2030 in place. It is critical for Hong Kong to formulate a long-term decarbonization plan to which the short- and medium-term actions could conform. WRI and...
Road transport accounts for 70% of the transport sector’s emissions in China. Compared to the aviation and maritime sectors, the road transport sector is relatively easy to decarbonize and enjoys new opportunities such as vehicle electrification. There is momentum in China focusing on a “fossil...
Buses has been at the forefront of vehicle electrification. The launch of “One Thousand Vehicles in Ten Cities” National Energy-efficient and New Energy Vehicles demonstration project in 2009 marked China’s national effort to promote electric buses. Since then, e-buses have outnumbered diesel...
Active commitments and actions at the sub-national level are in place to support carbon emission reduction to reach the 2°C or 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement. At the first U.S.-Sino Climate Smart/Low-carbon City Summit in 2015, Wuhan announced it would aim to reach peak city-wide all sector-...
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