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WWF 2020 Goals

  • Ensure that China's international trade and investments promote energy efficiency, natural resource sustainability, limit greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute towards conservation.
  • Help transform China's domestic economy mainstream energy efficiency, sustainable development, land productivity and limit greenhouse gas emssions.

Facts & Figures

  • China is set to surpass the US as the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases.
  • Coal makes up the bulk of China's energy consumption.
  • The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than half of the world’s population, who use more than 40% of the planet's available biological capacity.
  • Residents of China consume more than twice the capacity that the country's own ecosystems can provide.
  • Hong Kong residents are using nearly twice the resources of citizens of mainland China.

Changing China - shaping the world

As China's economy continues to grow, so does its demand for natural resources. WWF is working to ensure that China's economic growth goes hand-in-hand with long-term sustainable development and environmental protection.
Farmers in rice fields at sunset. Dongting Lake. Hunan Province, China

The path to sustainable development will not be easy. Around the world, urgent action is needed to avert climate change, to prevent the over-exploitation of our marine and forest environments, and to protect our freshwater supplies. China, too, needs to act.

James P. Leape, Director-General, WWF International

Active in the country since 1980, WWF was the first international conservation organization invited to work in China.

© Zhang Yifei / WWF-China

Active in the country since 1980, WWF was the first international conservation organization invited to work in China.

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A shift to sustainability

Due to its size and population, the way China develops will significantly shape the future of the global economy and environment.

Recognizing the threats posed by unsustainable development - water and air pollution, habitat loss and deforestation - the Chinese government has set ambitious targets to move towards a clean-energy economy:
  • a 20% reduction in energy intensity by 2010
  • doubling of renewable energy to 15% by 2015
China is in a strong position to become a leader in global sustainable development practices.

By working strategically with key sectors, such as energy production, forestry and finance, WWF can support China in its efforts to achieve its development goals within its environmental limits.

Promoting forest certification in China

China Forest and Trade Network logo

Through WWF's Global Forest & Trade Network, more than 1 million hectares of forests in China are certified.

This million-hectare milestone was acheived when 2 members of the the GFTN - the Fujian Yongan Forestry Group and the Heilongjiang Muling Forestry Bureau - received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for their forestry operations.

The goal of the GFTN in China is to eliminate illegal logging and improve the management of valuable and threatened forests in the country. It also serves as a forum for Chinese companies to demonstrate that they are producing and purchasing forest products in a responsible manner.

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