Abstract
Environmental sustainability is very important for Africa and China. When we seek a solution, low-carbon development at this stage is an important approach. To a certain extent, the low-carbon development is a combination of environmental protection and economic development. China faces great challenges in environmental protection, but it has also made great achievements in low-carbon development, and has certain advantages in terms of capital, technology, and market. The Chinese government has also shown great willingness to change China’s development model from high-carbon development to low-carbon development. At present, Africa is at the important stage of protecting its environment while seeking to boost economic development, making low-carbon development a pressing task for African governments. Africa should try to avoid copying the Chinese experience of environmental protection after pollution. In the respect of low-carbon development, there are many common interests and co-operation possibilities between China and Africa in the age of a heightened China-African relationship. China's technologies in small hydro-power, solar, biogas and other clean technologies are suitable for low-carbon development in Africa.
Highlights
Environmental sustainability is very important for Africa and China
The co-operation of small hydropower between China and African countries is mainly implemented by the International Center on Small Hydro Power (ICSHP) under the "light up Africa" project
China will become involved in six African countries, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon and Nigeria to build demonstration projects of small hydropower stations in each country, to promote local social and economic development, and over 300,000 people will directly benefit from this activity (CSTEC, 2011)
Summary
Environmental sustainability is very important for Africa and China. When we seek a solution, low-carbon development at this stage is an important approach. There has been rapid development of African economies in recent years, African development still faces many problems, such as a lack of adequate road networks and smart grid, conflict between environmental protection and economic growth, the rising of energy consumption, the trade deficit of fossil energy is widening and the situation of energy security is worsening These problems are key factors that constrain the development of Africa in general, but can become important driving forces to promote low-carbon development in Africa. The co-operation of small hydropower between China and African countries is mainly implemented by the International Center on Small Hydro Power (ICSHP) under the "light up Africa" project. China will become involved in six African countries, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon and Nigeria to build demonstration projects of small hydropower stations in each country, to promote local social and economic development, and over 300,000 people will directly benefit from this activity (CSTEC, 2011)
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