Guidebook to Carbon Neutrality in China

This book is open access and focuses on China’s goal of reaching carbon peak in 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, being the first in the market to systematically build an analysis framework for China’s potential to achieve carbon neutrality. It also illustrates that the pathway to carbon neutrality in China needs to be based on the carbon pricing, technological progress, and social governance that jointly promote the achievement. Carbon neutrality is essential to the sustainable development of human beings, which requires coordination of the government and the private sector and cooperation among nations. This book analyzes multiple dimensions from macroeconomics and industries, entities, and finance, to economics and technology, addressing several issues in the path of carbon neutrality. Quantitatively, this book rigorously calculates the emission amount at carbon peak and the total investment demand to achieve carbon neutrality. Structurally, this proposes that it is necessary to take into account economic growth and carbon neutrality targets. It also innovatively deduces the path of China’s carbon neutrality from the perspective of green premium and provides detailed action guidelines for all sectors of society (including government, industry, and the public).