Lu Jia (Dr.), Shenzhen Urban Planning and Development Research Center, China

Cities are the key to sustainability. According to the State of the World’s City 2008/2009
(UN-HABITAT, 2008), 60% of the world people will live in cities. To abate urban CO2 emission and energy consumption, a lot of cities over the world have adopted Low Carbon Economy as a new development philosophy, and to create Low Carbon City (LCC) has become a common goal.