关键词: 低碳经济, 能源战略, 气候变化, 国际政治, 低碳发展

Abstract: In the past decade,great changes have taken place in the energy strategies of the international community,including China.The developed countries in America and Europe,for example,have eventually adopted the new approach of developing low-carbon economy as their energy strategy in the 21st century.Likewise,China is also facing the new challenges upon completion of a round of constructing national energy strategies.The paper offers a discussion of the energy prospects of the world,the rise and development course of the low carbon economic strategy and its trend and key factors.The impact of low-carbon economic strategy,the challenges China is facing,and the policies China has to make to meet these challenges are also explored.

Key words: low-carbon economy, energy strategy, climate change, international politics, low-carbon development