Climate change measures evolve and converge

In the past two years, there has been a steady stream of regulations and public pronouncements from the governments of the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region concerning the need to address climate change.

Environmental and climate change issues are, increasingly, points of convergence and cooperation for the two governments.

National policy develops, exchanges start up

The PRC has been a significant beneficiary of international climate change incentives like the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol.

However, recent developments indicate that the country is diversifying its approach and looking increasingly at domestic measures to establish incentives for the reduction of greenhouse gases.

Beatrice Schaffrath regularly advises on China-related environmental law and compliance matters, including projects involving renewable energy, climate change, and the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol.

David Smith focuses on the development of major environmental, energy and infrastructure projects across Asia Pacific. His experience spans a variety of industry sectors including power, oil and gas, water and transportation.