在自然灾害频发、全球气候变暖的挑战面前,中美两国在清洁能源等领域已开展合作。中国科学院预测科学研究中心从产业的角度研究了中、美两国各类能源的消费结构,将中国经济系统分为工业、商业、交通和民用四大产业,42个部门,对其能源消耗、二氧化碳排放和其他经济数据进行了测算,从中观层面分析得出中国目前的节能减排潜力主要在工业。对我国制定进一步的可再生能源发展规划和节能减排政策提出了建议。
The Center for Forecasting Science of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), after analyzing from the industrial perspective the energy consumption structures in China and America respectively, categorizes Chinese economy into four main industries with 42 departments, measures and calculates Carbon Dioxide emission and other economic data, and on the basis of the above analysis reaches a conclusion that the potential for energy saving and emission reduction currently possessed by China is mainly up to the industry.