The Energy Development 13th Five-Year Plan, published by the Chinese government on January 17, 2017, sets out the first ever mandatory target capping China’s coal consumption. Implementing this target will require a concerted effort across all sectors of industry and across local governments and civil society. This government mandate has inspired the China Coal Cap Project to redouble its efforts to accelerate China’s energy transition from coal to clean energy.
As China’s economy has rebounded this year, coal consumption has risen 5% year-on-year in the first six months of 2017, with a lack of improvement of PM2.5 pollution for the first time since 2014. The year-on-year air quality index in the Jing-Jin-Ji region has worsened in the first eight months of 2017: PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations have both risen around 10% compared to last year. Increases in coal consumption in the power and the industrial sectors have presented a serious challenge to the efforts to cap coal consumption in China. The “Breaking Through to Blue Skies” Workshop is a core piece of the China Coal Consumption Cap Project’s work in 2017. Despite the challenges of 2017, the Project remains resolute in its forward march to progress. In its fourth year, the Project has continued to push forward the implementation of coal cap measures across key industrial sectors and at the local level, while researching and proposing recommendations on the management of dispersed coal use. The Project has also been developing analysis of coal cap scenarios under a 1.5 degree Celsius limit, as well as recommendations around the establishment of China’s carbon market and green development under the Belt and Road Initiative. In the final year of the Action Plan for Air Pollution Prevention and Control, the Coal Cap Project is pushing forward its six areas of work to “Break Through to Blue Skies.”
With new challenges and opportunities domestically and abroad, the 2017 China Coal Consumption Cap and Energy Transition International Workshop, “Breaking Through to Blue Skies,” will share the experiences and lessons learned from China’s coal cap work. With redoubled efforts and hardened resolve, coal cap efforts will push through, opening a new chapter in China’s energy transition and pollution control.
9:00 – 17:50, November 30, 2017, Beijing
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Implications of the 19th National Congress of the CPC
Winning the Battle for Blue Skies: Five Years of Implementing the Air Pollution Action Plan
The UK's Coal Power Phase-out Plan and Policies
Q&A (10 minutes)
Tea & Coffee Break
Addressing Challenges and Maintaining Progress in Capping Coal
Release of “2017 Report on Integrated Dispersed Coal Management”
Q&A (5 minutes)
Panelists:
Q&A (10 minutes)
Lunch
Pushing Forward Supply-Side Reforms to Achieve Industry Coal Cap Goals
Recommendations on Supply-Side Reforms in the Coal Power Sector in the 13th
Policy Recommendations on Market-Oriented Reforms and Reducing Excess Capacity in the Cement Industry
Recommendation for Coal-Intensive Industries Included in China’s National Carbon Trading Market
Panelists:
Q&A (10 minutes)
Tea & Coffee Break
The Feasibility, Emissions Reduction Pathways, and Impacts on Environment, Economy, and Energy for China to Achieve 1.5°C Scenario
Adaptation Measures in China under the 1.5°C Scenario
Analysis of Loss and Damage With High Temperature Rise and the Social Cost of Carbon
Panelists:
Q&A (10 minutes)
Closing Remarks
Henan’s Coal Cap Targets under Redline Restrictions and Implementation Measures
Using Coal Cap Measures to Push Forward Upgrading and Transition of Shanxi’s Coal Industry
Results and Challenges of the Implementation of Shandong’s Coal Cap Plans in 2017
The Health and Economic Benefits from the Scenarios Based on China Coal Cap Project in Beijing
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Q&A (10 minutes)
Tea & Coffee Break
Coal Consumption Cap Plan Implementation in Wuhan
Coal Consumption Cap Plan Implementation in Xi’an
Coal Consumption Cap Plan Implementation in Nanjing
Panelists:
Q&A (10 minutes)
Closing Remarks
China Energy Conservation Association (CECA) was founded in 1989, and was registered and approved by State Civil Ministry. CECA is a self-constrained, non-profit social entity. CECA devotes itself to efficient utilization of energy, environment protection and advancing economic profit, and helps to enhance the energy efficiency technology and energy efficiency products of China to a global advanced level. CECA obeys the leadership of National Development and Reform Commission, Science and Technology Ministry and General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC. CECA has many enterprise members.
Goals: The goals of CECA include promoting rational and efficient use of energy resources and improving the environment through research and implementation of energy-saving policies, developing and promoting energy-saving technologies and products, and collecting and disseminatingof energy-saving information.
Government service: CECA researches and publicizes state laws and regulations, disseminates energy-saving information, research national policies, etc.
Enterprise service: CECA establishes an information exchange platform for usage by enterprises.
Social service: CECA spreads energy-saving knowledge and improves energy-saving awareness for the whole society.
Website: www.cecaweb.org.cn
The China Coal Consumption Cap Plan and Policy Research Project (“Coal Cap Project”) was launched in October 2013 in close collaboration with over 20 renowned Chinese think tanks, research institutions, and industry associations. The project researches China’s coal consumption cap strategy and policy, implementation roadmap and action plan, and provides policy recommendations and actionable measures to government officials. The ultimate goal is to help China conserve resources, protect its environment, and achieve its climate change and sustainable development goals.
In 2014, the China Coal Cap Project completed the report on "The Long-Term Development Scenario and Outlook for China's Coal Consumption Cap (2015-2050)." In 2015, the Project published "China's 13th Five Year Coal Cap Action Plan Research Report." In 2016, the China Coal Cap Project will summarize and promote regional and sectoral best practices and experiences, advancing the implementation of coal strategies and policies.
The Project is funded by UK's Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and is coordinated by the Natural Resources Defense Council and World Wide Fund for Nature.
Website: www.nrdc.cn/coalcap
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2016 China Coal Consumption Cap and Energy Transition International Workshop
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