Energy and Environmental Integration in China

Regulatory Assistance Project
Project completed March 2010.

Synapse Senior Associate Chris James was retained to work with RAP on the following areas: improving integration of energy and environmental policies in the ministry of environmental project and the grid operators; adopting policies to improve energy efficiency for the industrial sector and multi-pollutant strategies for air quality. The project involved direct meetings with Chinese government officials, who are primarily located in Beijing. Several short papers have been written to help Chinese officials with emissions trading, the U.S. RGGI program, output-based emissions standards and multi-pollutant approaches for air quality. 

Related Publication(s):

Amending China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law: Recommendations from the International Experience Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: First Auction of GHG Allowances Considered a Success Has U.S. Regional Planning Helped Support a Multi-pollutant Approach to Air Quality?