国合会中外委员认为，中国不仅要立足当前，不断完善相关规划和政策措施，促进经济平稳较快发展，还要着眼长远，坚持节能减排，推进环境保护和可持续发展的决心不动摇、行动不松懈、政策不改变；全球金融危机为重塑环境与经济关系提供了难得的历史机遇，发展绿色经济，实现绿色增长已成为重要趋势。中国应当抓住机遇，加速实现经济结构的绿色转型，推动绿色发展，实现绿色繁荣。

作为年度出版物，这本由中国环境与发展国际合作委员会编的《能源环境与发展(2009中国环境与发展国际合作委员会年度政策报告)》的基础是国合会2009年政策研究成果，反映了国合会中外委员和专家学者对中国环境与发展相关问题提出的政策建议，可供国内各级决策者、专家学者和公众参考。

Chapter 1 Policy Recommendations to the Government of China

Chapter 2 China's Green Prosperity Future---Environment, Energy and Economy.

Executive Summary

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Stimulus and Environmental Performance

2.3 Sustainable Consumption and Green Growth

2.4 Energy, Environment and Climate Change

2.5 Looking Ahead

2.6 Conclusion-Prospects for a Green Prosperity Future

Chapter 3 China's Pathway Towards a Low Carbon Economy

3.1 Preface .

3.2 Global Shift to a Low Carbon Economy

3.3 Necessity and Urgency of Developing a Low Carbon Economy in China..

3.4 Understanding Challenges and Opportunities

3.5 Scenarios for Low Carbon Economy up to 2050

3.6 Roadmap for China's Low Carbon Development-Based on Five Pillars and Three Bases

3.7 Policy Recommendations

Chapter 4 Economic Instruments for Energy Efficiency and the Environment

4.1 Preface

4.2 Environmental Taxation and Energy Efficiency

4.3 Green Credit

4.4 Environmental Pollution Liability Insurance

Chapter 5 Energy Efficiency and Urban Development---the building sector and the transport sector

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Controlling Urban-life Energy Consumption: a Priority

5.3 Decoupling urban-life energy use from income level increases in China

5.4 Policy Recommendations

Chapter 6 Rural Development and its Energy, Environment and Climate Change Adaptation

6.1 Preface

6.2 An Overview of Rural Energy, Environment, and Adaptation to Climate Change

6.3 Trends and Challenges in Rural Energy Use

6.4 The Environmental Effects of Rural Energy Use

6.5 International Experiences in Rural Energy, Environment, and Adaptation to Climate Change

6.6 Policy and Funding Options for Mitigating and Adapting to Climate

Change in Rural Areas

6.7 Case Studies: How Rural China is Conserving Energy, Improving the Environment,

and Tackling Climate Change while Addressing Rural Poverty

6.8 Policy Recommendations

Chapter 7 Sustainable Use of Coal and Pollution Control Policy in China

7.1 Status and Prospects of the Development and Utilization of Coal Resources in China

7.2 Strategic Targets and Constraints of Sustainable Use of Coal

7.3 Resources and Environmental Protection Strategies for Sustainable Coal Development in China

7.4 Strategies for Efficient and Cleaner Coal Utilization in China

7.5 Environmental Protection Strategies for Sustainable Coal Utilization in China

7.6 Main Research Findings

7.7 Policy Recommendations

Appendix Ⅰ Progress on Environment and Development Policies in China (2008--2009)

Appendix Ⅱ Name List of Council Members