Real Programs Yield Real Returns
Monday, November 16, 2009 8:52While getting over the disappointing events surrounding COP15, I thought I would highlight the successes of a single program in Beijing
Converting 160,000 homes in Beijing from Coal to electric heaters.
This project alone, according to one official in the Biejing EPA:
The action could help to reduce sulfur dioxide emission by 190 tons and carbon monoxide emission by 10,000 tons during the heating season ending on March 15
Sure, it is not going to save the polar bears, or meet any “carbon” targets, but it is an improvement that was brought about to reduce air pollution, and at the same time it is reducing carbon.
Tangible targets. Tangible Actions. Tangible results.
Something to think about as leaders begin to plan for their post-COP15 plan to eventually reach a binding agreement on “carbon”
