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Paris Climate Deal |
Governments have agreed to limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. |
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How many countries have put forward their plans for how to cut and curb their emissions beyond 2010, as far out as 2030? |
187 |
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The UN' s climate panel says... |
Net zero emissions must happen by 2070 to avoid dangerous warming. |
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China accounted for ? of global energy consumption |
23% |
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China remained the world's largest energy producer, accounting for ? of global energy supply |
19.1%
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China's CO2 emissions grew by just ? over 2014, well below the ten-year average rate of 5.9%. |
0.9% |
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China's energy consumption grew by ? in 2014 |
2.6% This was less than half the ten-year average growth rate of 6.6% and the slowest annual rate of growth since 1998. |
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China's energy mix continues to evolve. While coal remains the dominant fuel, accounting for ___% of China's energy consumption, this was the lowest share on record and sown from recent highs of 74% in the mid-2000s. |
66% |
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Among non-fossil fuels hydro grew the fastest (+ 15.7%). |
Hydro now makes up nearly one fifth (19%) of China's electricity. |
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Renewables grew ___% over 2014 |
15.1%
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Energy use per person in the USA is ___ times greater than that of China |
5 |
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In 2009, China overtook the USA in total energy usage |
2.2 billion tonnes oil equivalent to 2.17 billion |
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Three Gorges Dam - The shift from burning more than _____ tonnes of coal every year to generating HEP is China's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. |
30 million |
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Three Gorges Dam - In the first 5 months after the reservoir was filled _____ landslides were recorded. |
150 |
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Three Gorges Dam - Costs of displacement & resettlement |
$ 100 billion |
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Three Gorges Dam - _____ tourists visited Yichang during the 7-day national holiday, bringing 192 million yuan in tourism-related revenues. |
565,000 |
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Three Gorges Dam - Reduced flooding risk for the _____ vulnerable downstream communities. |
100 million |
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Three Gorges Dam - _____ people have been relocated under the government's 'near and distant resettlement' policy, along with amny scared cultural landmarks, plots of good quality farmland and small businesses. |
1.3 million |
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_____ of the world's population live in areas of physical scarcity. |
Around 1.2 billion people or almost one-fifth of the worlds' population |
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_____ face economic water shortage |
1.6 billion people, or almost one quarter of the world's population |
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_____ people use contaminated water daily in China. |
300 million |
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___% of world blue water withdraws (due to agriculture) |
74% |
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Wind power capacity has grown ___ between 2005 to 2009 - recent investment and improvement have made it the highest capacity in the world. |
30-fold |
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2008 saw the development of China's offshore wind farm policy. |
China is also the world's largest wind turbine manufacturing industry. |
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New nuclear plants in China will be operational by 2019 and will ___ China's current capacity. |
will double China's current capacity. |
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China is aiming for energy security by loaning money to countries for ____ deals with Russia, Kazakstan, Venezuela, Brazil etc. |
oil-for-loan |