How Entrepreneurship Can Drive Low Carbon Development – International Good Practice

Economic growth in China has followed a resource-intensive path similar to many of the world’s developed countries. Low-carbon, energy, and resource efficient business strategies are expected to play an important part in levering a paradigm shift.  What are the necessary conditions to enable entrepreneurial action to achieve this aim? This report provides key actors from politics, business, civil society and research with concrete triggers for improving the framework conditions for low carbon business. By utilising these, the actor groups can actively harness market forces for climate protection in China and create co-benefits for society, economy and environment.

The triggers and actions selected are based on a case study set with 20 examples of successful Chinese and international low-carbon entrepreneurship and business models. Together with a context analysis of the low carbon policy conditions in China, they substantiate the report’s recommendations and represent concrete examples for transfer and replication.