Corinne Abele

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Special Features of Chinas CDM Market
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• Corinne Abele
• Bundesagentur für Außenwirtschaft - Büro Beijing
• 806, Landmark Towers II
• 8 North Dongsanhuan Road, Beijing 100004
• Tel. [phone], Fax -6590 6167
• Email peking_at_bfai.de

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Content

• Chinas CDM Market in an International
  Perspective
• Some Special Features of Chinas CDM Market

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Why to Be in Chinas CDM Market
Location of CDM Projects (as Share of CDM Market
Volume Supplied) until September 2006
Source Worldbank State and Trends of the Carbon
Market 2006 (update Q306)
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Every CDM Project A Public Private Partnership
Aricle 24 Whereas Emission Reduction Resource
is Owned by the Government of China...... Unique
Standpoint of the Chinese Government, which

• Enables the Government to Influence the CDM
  Market
• Enables the Government to Make Profits out of
  the CDM Market
• Enables the Government to Decide about the Nature
  of Project Owners

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What Does that Mean?

• China Subordinates the CDM Development unter her
  Overall Economic Goals (Energy Saving,
  Improvement of Mining Condition, Developing
  Western Region)
• The Government Directs Local and Foreign
  Investment in CDM into Prefered Economic Sectors
  (Articel 4 Energy Efficiency Improvement,
  Renewable Energy, Methan Recovery and
  Utilization)
• 49-51Joint Ventures as a Framework for Technology
  Transfer to China

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Chinas Leverage on the Worldwide CDM Market
With only 7 of all Projects China is expected to
Deliver 44 of CERs of Projects Registered under
EB so far
Total CERs
CERs in China 44
Chinas CDM Market Development Will Have a Big
Impact on the Future Development of the Global
CDM Market (e.g. Prices)
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Chinas Position in a Post-Kyoto World

• Rising International Pressure Global CO2
  Emissions Will Reach 40 Gt in 2030, a 55
  Increase over Todays Level. China Will Overtake
  the United States as the Worlds Biggest Emitter
  of CO2 before 2010.
• China Will be a Key Player in the Global CDM
  Market Is China Preparing herself for that Role
  ?

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CDM-Market Brief

• In Co-operation with the German Investment and
  Development Company (DEG) bfai regularly
  Publishes short Reports on CDM Markets in
  Different Countries.
• CDM-Market Brief China is Available and
  presumably will be Updated in 2007.
• The Reports CDM-Market Brief are Available in
  German and English and can be Downloaded from
  www.bfai.de free of Charge.

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Thank You for Your Attention

• Corinne Abele
• Bundesagentur für Außenwirtschaft - Büro Beijing
• 806, Landmark Towers II
• 8 North Dongsanhuan Road, Beijing 100004
• Tel. [phone], Fax -6590 6167
• Email peking_at_bfai.de