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November 2007

China has set an ambitious energy reduction target, but how realistic is it?

Beijing has made big plans to save its rapidly deteriorating environment. The 11th Five-Year Plan, released in 2005, set ambitious, hard targets for the country in renewable energy use, energy efficiency, water conservation and other areas. But whether these grand strategies ultimately pay off may come down to details such as whether workmen can be trained to install better quality windows in buildings.

At least this is the view of Rob Watson, the man who came up with Leadership in ...

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