In recent years,the polyester industry has kept a stable development,and the consumption for PTA has been lifted up year by year.From 2001 to 2006,the growth rate of PTA consumption was around 20.7% averagely.Though i...In recent years,the polyester industry has kept a stable development,and the consumption for PTA has been lifted up year by year.From 2001 to 2006,the growth rate of PTA consumption was around 20.7% averagely.Though it began to be not as fast as it used to in recent a couple展开更多
To sustain the upland conversion program (UCP) in China after the government compensation expires, we suggest an establishment of a domestic carbon market where forest carbon from the UCP can be traded. Taking south...To sustain the upland conversion program (UCP) in China after the government compensation expires, we suggest an establishment of a domestic carbon market where forest carbon from the UCP can be traded. Taking southwest China's Yunnan Province as an example, we explored the feasibility of switching the UCP to a carbon offset project. The breakeven carbon price which is equivalent to the opportunity cost of agricultural cultivation was estimated and then compared with the carbon price in the international market. We found that it is feasible to change the UCP to a carbon offset project if the duration is longer than 10 years at a discount rate of 7%, and if the recent bid price (147.2 Yuan.t-1) for Chinese carbon offset project prevails. The feasibility is better for converted land with lower productivity when the project duration is given. For a given site index, the feasibility is lower as pro- ject length is reduced. The results of sensitivity analysis show that the feasibility will be enhanced as the discount rate increases; however, the changes in the price of agricultural products and the amount of sequestered carbon have insignificant effects on the choice of sites and project duration.展开更多
According to statistics, China’s domestic clothing consumption averaged an annual growth rate of 14.72 percent from 2001 to 2008, 2009 growth rate is expected to remain more than 15 percent, although exposed
文摘In recent years,the polyester industry has kept a stable development,and the consumption for PTA has been lifted up year by year.From 2001 to 2006,the growth rate of PTA consumption was around 20.7% averagely.Though it began to be not as fast as it used to in recent a couple
文摘To sustain the upland conversion program (UCP) in China after the government compensation expires, we suggest an establishment of a domestic carbon market where forest carbon from the UCP can be traded. Taking southwest China's Yunnan Province as an example, we explored the feasibility of switching the UCP to a carbon offset project. The breakeven carbon price which is equivalent to the opportunity cost of agricultural cultivation was estimated and then compared with the carbon price in the international market. We found that it is feasible to change the UCP to a carbon offset project if the duration is longer than 10 years at a discount rate of 7%, and if the recent bid price (147.2 Yuan.t-1) for Chinese carbon offset project prevails. The feasibility is better for converted land with lower productivity when the project duration is given. For a given site index, the feasibility is lower as pro- ject length is reduced. The results of sensitivity analysis show that the feasibility will be enhanced as the discount rate increases; however, the changes in the price of agricultural products and the amount of sequestered carbon have insignificant effects on the choice of sites and project duration.
文摘According to statistics, China’s domestic clothing consumption averaged an annual growth rate of 14.72 percent from 2001 to 2008, 2009 growth rate is expected to remain more than 15 percent, although exposed