Since 2013, China has been pursuing the targets for addressing climate change set out in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan; implementing the action plan for controlling greenhouse gas emissions, adjusting the country’s industrial structure, saving energy, increasing energy efficiency, optimizing the energy structure, increasing carbon sinks, adapting to climate change and intensifying the capability building. China has made significant progress in addressing climate change. Carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2013 were 4.3 percent lower than in 2012, and 28.56 percent lower than in 2005, equivalent to a cumulative reduction of 2.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide. China is also playing an active and constructive role in international negotiations on climate change, is promoting the outcomes earned at the Warsaw Climate Change Conference, improving international communication and cooperation, and, through all these initiatives, is making a major contribution to addressing climate change.
This annual report, China's Policies and Actions on Climate Change (2014), has been compiled to help the various interested parties understand the policies and actions undertaken by China to address climate change, and the achievements registered since 2013.