Testing sectoral targets for developing countries for a future climate change regime

From January 2009, Ecofys the Chinese Energy Research Institute (ERI) and Azure International have been testing Sectoral Proposal Templates in China’s electricity, cement and transport sectors with funding from the UK Strategic Programme Fund This project has focused on the problem of how to operationalise the concept of sector no-lose targets (SNLTs or sectoral baselines) in the proposal phase and to test the possibility of developing a credible and transparent proposal. The template concept as such has been workable in China and it concentrates on making present day policies transparent and creating choices for different development scenarios.

The following reports are now available for download:

Road testing sector proposal templates

• Analysis report: International implications
• Testing sectoral proposal templates in China's electricity sector
• Testing sectoral proposal templates in China's cement sector (Shandong)
• Testing sectoral proposal templates in China's urban transport sector (Beijing)