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2014 CCICED Issues Paper: From Tipping Point to Turning Point

The year 2013 was marked by an extreme environmental situation in China, a tipping point in terms of hazardous levels of urban air quality. Unless the environment and development effort is substantially more successful in the years ahead, perhaps even more devastating environmental tipping points could occur. On this more hopeful note, and with a broad range of commitments being made by China’s top-level leaders, a turning point may be reached, where there is gradual, or perhaps even dramatic shifts toward improved environmental quality, sustainable development and progress made along new pathways towards Ecological Civilization. Thus China continues to be at a crossroads: tipping point or turning point on key environment and development issues. China has a window of opportunity right now that may not occur easily again.

Document Type: Issues Papers Year: 2014 Phase: Phase V (2012-2017) Concluded

2014 CCICED Issues Paper: From Tipping Point to Turning Point

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