Head of China’s energy policy admires Australia’s carbon plan
Beijing praises emissions plan, Sydney Morning Herald, Adam Morton, September 8, 2011, AUSTRALIA’S proposed emissions trading scheme has won praise from Beijing, where it will be the model for one of six Chinese pilot schemes to be introduced in 2013.
Jiang Kejun, head of the Chinese government’s energy and environmental policy agency, said pilot carbon trading schemes currently being researched would trial different designs based on schemes from Australia, Europe and California….
‘Some say what is happening in Australia is even better [scheme design] than in Europe, so in that sense Australia is leading.”
Dr Kejun spoke yesterday at a Victoria University climate change conference, having been brought to Australia by the government’s Climate Commission as the first of six international guests to report on steps overseas to reduce emissions….
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