The Evolution of Environmental Management Philosophy Under Rapid Economic Development in China

摘要

The International Energy Agency (IEA 2010) recently reported that China consumed 2.25 9 10~9 tons of oil equivalents in 2009, i.e., China had become the world’s largest energy consumer. Subsequently, the National Energy Bureau of China stated that the IEA report was inaccurate (Gai 2010). This debate reminds us the two important conferences held in the end of 2009. At the first conference (the Climate Change Conference of United Nations), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2009) stated that global climate changes might be more severe than predicted. Although there is disagreement about the IPCC report (Folster and Nystrom 2010), most scientists believe that climate change is a real and severe challenge and that controlling greenhouse gas emission is the most effective way to reduce global warming (Tollefson 2010).