| bon means less greenhouse gases emissions, | | | | context, many new concepts such as carbon footprint, |
| especially the carbon dioxide. Low-carbon economy is | | | | low-carbon economy, low-carbon technologies, |
| an economic model based on the low power | | | | low-carbon development, low-carbon lifestyle, |
| consumption, low pollution and low-emission. It is | | | | low-carbon society low-carbon World and low-carbon |
| another major progress for human society after the | | | | city appear, at the same time, new policy turns up. In |
| agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. The | | | | December 3, 2007, the United Nations Climate Change |
| essence of Low-carbon economy is to use energy | | | | Conference formulated the Bali road map, which calls |
| efficiently, exploit clean energy and pursuit of green | | | | for developed countries reducing greenhouse gas |
| GDP, the core of it is the energy technology innovation, | | | | emissions by 25% -40% in 2020. Bali road map is a |
| system innovation and the fundamental change of | | | | landmark and plays a positive role on moving towards |
| concept of human survival and development. The | | | | a low carbon global economy. |
| concept of Low-carbon economy was firstly seen at | | | | The theme of the 2008 World Environment Day is to |
| government document in the UK in 2003 the Energy | | | | change the traditional concepts, the implementation of |
| White Paper called our energy future: creating a low | | | | low-carbon economy, which is put by United Nations |
| carbon economy. In the matter of systemic talking | | | | Environment Programme. In the same year in July, |
| about a low carbon economy, it should be traced back | | | | eight countries in G8 summit said they would seek the |
| to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate | | | | other signatories who had signed the United Nations |
| Change in 1992 and Kyoto Protocol in 1997. | | | | Framework Convention on Climate Change to work |
| Low-carbon economy is proposed with the | | | | together to achieve the long term goal that reduce |
| background of the challenges to human survival and | | | | global greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050. |
| development due to the world's climate warming. As | | | | Thus, the low-carbon economy based on the low |
| the global population and economic scale growing, | | | | power consumption and low pollution would become |
| environmental problems caused by energy use | | | | the world's hot spots. |
| constantly has been recognized by people. In this | | | | |