NDRC Issued the National Plan for Tackling Climate Change (2014-2020)
NDRC Issued the National Plan for Tackling Climate Change (2014-2020) on November 4. China will fulfill its pledges to control emissions of greenhouse gases and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent to 45 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, non-fossil fuels will take up 15% of the primary energy consumption, and forest coverage will rise by 40 million hectares in 2020 from 2005, the plan said. Also, an efficient control over greenhouse gases from non-energy activity during industrial production, and a slowing increase of greenhouse gas emission, it said.