Premier Wen apparently announced the 2008 numbers for Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) discharges and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions reductions in his address to the National People’s Congress. If these numbers had been released previously, I missed them. You may recall that the 11th Five Year Plan calls for a 10% reduction in COD and SO2 from 2005 levels by 2010.
So, how did China do in 2008? Not bad. COD discharges were reportedly down by 4.42% and SO2 emissions were down 5.95%. The reported running three year totals for these pollutants don’t jive with the numbers previously announced for 2006 and 2007, so we will wait for more details before updating our China Environmental & Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
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1 Michael Zhang // Mar 11, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Charles,
NRDC China has also been monitoring the COD and SO2 figures in China. According to our calculations, China achieved its 2008 interim targets (set last February as a midpoint for the 2010 goal). Take a look at our post here:
http://www.greenlaw.org.cn/enblog/?p=780
Keep up the good work!
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