SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2008.013 2008.013 Global Climate Change and the Responsibility of New Energy Industry in China ZengShaojun tsangsj@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn WangXun CDM R&D Centre, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Address: Room 309, Wushunde Building, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China 100084 Cleanergy Investment Service (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China 24082008 7 1 978-1-995850-08-5 119 126 24 August 2008 © 2008 Copyright WSSET 2008

From the perspectives of impact and essence of global climate change and the situation of emission reduction in China, the article introduces developing new energy is an effective way for China to fight climate change. In addition, it further discusses the issues existed in developing new energy and analyses the technical paths of developing new energy to fight global climate change in China, including Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), energy audits, and investment in potential emission reduction projects, etc. Finally, it gives some policy recommendations of developing new energy on fighting climate change.

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