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encouraging. We expect China to strengthen its national strategy on climate change
to achieve these goals and accelerate the low-carbon transition in power, industry and
transport. We are delighted to be working with and supporting the development of
Tsinghua University to share and implement research results, and most importantly,
to make contributions to the sustainable and low-carbon development of China.
China’s Resources, Energy and Sustainable Development: 2020 captures the
latest thinking on critical issues on the low-carbon transition from the TsinghuaRio Tinto Joint Research Centre. The multidisciplinary approach brings new insight
to address challenges of sustainable urbanization, low-carbon energy and transport,
water resource management and the transition of the iron and steel industry.
I want to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to Prof. Jiankun
He, Prof. Li Zhen, Prof. Ma Linwei and other professors for their devotion and
hardworking for the Tsinghua-Rio Tinto Joint Research Centre, and for their efforts
and time for making this important book published.
October 2020
Simone Niven
Corporate Relations Group Executive
Rio Tinto, London, United Kingdom
Foreword II
encouraging. We expect China to strengthen its national strategy on climate change
to achieve these goals and accelerate the low-carbon transition in power, industry and
transport. We are delighted to be working with and supporting the development of
Tsinghua University to share and implement research results, and most importantly,
to make contributions to the sustainable and low-carbon development of China.
China’s Resources, Energy and Sustainable Development: 2020 captures the
latest thinking on critical issues on the low-carbon transition from the TsinghuaRio Tinto Joint Research Centre. The multidisciplinary approach brings new insight
to address challenges of sustainable urbanization, low-carbon energy and transport,
water resource management and the transition of the iron and steel industry.
I want to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to Prof. Jiankun
He, Prof. Li Zhen, Prof. Ma Linwei and other professors for their devotion and
hardworking for the Tsinghua-Rio Tinto Joint Research Centre, and for their efforts
and time for making this important book published.
October 2020
Simone Niven
Corporate Relations Group Executive
Rio Tinto, London, United Kingdom