- Hong Kong Carbon Reduction Campaign
- Global forest carbon research
- Securing water supply in China's heartland
- Taking direct action
- Saving the Freshwater Gharial in the Ganges
- Cleaning up the Ganges
- Untangling our understanding of lianas and climate change
- The Panama Canal Watershed Experiment
- Protecting the Ganges: Interschool Recycling Workshop
- Cooking on natural gas in the Yangtze
- Tackling illegal deforestation
- Johannesburg's Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit Project
- Baicheng wind farm project
Alternative Energy, China
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China now produces around 20% of the world's CO2. As part of the HSBC Climate Partnership, WWF will work with government and key industrial sectors in China to decrease CO2 emissions and work towards a low-carbon economy.
In Baoding, China, a town just 140 kilometres south of Beijing, WWF China and the government have been working closely with alternative energy and clean technology companies to develop a low carbon city.
Since 2002, 150 new alternative energy companies have emerged in Baoding, producing wind and solar power, bio-diesel, and other energy efficient technologies. Around the city, you'll see an impressive amount of hot-water solar-power systems and Building Integrated Photovoltaics, where solar panels are planned and built into the building structure.
In 2007, the city's economy grew by about 16 percent. It is hoped that the city will soon become comparable to California's "Silicon Valley" for the IT industry.
