China has been one of most effective nations in reducing greenhouse gas
emissions as outlined in the Tokyo Protocol, a senior environmental official
said yesterday.
Since the beginning of this year, China's reduction has been more than 40
percent of the total reduction of the 40 countries involved in the Clean
Development Mechanism of the Tokyo Protocol, according to Lu Xuedu, deputy
director-general of the office of global environmental affairs at the Ministry
of Science and Technology.
Through the Clean Development Mechanism, the total reduction in the world at
the end of this year is expected to reach about 106 million Certified Emission
Reductions (CERs). China is expected to reach more than 46 million CERs.
The mechanism is run on cooperative projects between developing and developed
nations. As a developing country, China has 164 projects in existence or in the
planning stages, with help from around the globe, according to Lu.
Of these projects, 18 are in cooperation with Japan. In a bid to better carry
out the projects, a training course started yesterday for more than 50
environmental scientists and officials from 17 Chinese cities.
Leading environmental scientists from China and Japan will lecture on the
guidelines of the Clean Development System, laws governing greenhouse gas
emissions, and the preparation of paperwork in related projects.
The training is sponsored by the Japan International Co-operation Agency and
hosted by the China 21st Century Agenda Center under the Ministry of Science and
Technology.
"The training will greatly improve the ability of local governments and their
scientists to implement the international Clean Development Mechanism," said
Huang Jing, deputy director of the center.