The Climate Group plans to develop 15 to 20 low carbon cities in China as part of the organization's drive to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and battle climate change.
In addition to working with large cities, the group seeks to engage what it described as "second" and "third-tier" cities and views the smaller municipalities as greater opportunities for development.
According to Wu Changhua, the director for Greater China of The Climate Group, the organization is already talking with seven to to eight cities, and plans to urge local governments and businesses to help foster the concept.
Guiyang in China's Guizhou province, which has crafted a strategic plan to make the city more eco-friendly, is working with the group and undertaking five energy saving programs, according to Wang Chengbo, director of The Climate Group's Chinese City Leadership Program.
Similar efforts in China include the WWF's Low Carbon City Initiative.
Shanghai and Baoding were the first Chinese cities to agree to explore low carbon development through the
WWF program.
