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This paper advocates a modification of the impact-based approach to strategic environmental assessment (SEA) which seems unable to address institutional weaknesses in most conventional SEA cases in China. It identifies a possible alternative approach, i.e. an impact-centred SEA with institutional components, and presents an analytical framework for institutional analysis, including a four-phase methodology to address and improve institutional weaknesses. Subsequently, the analytical framework is applied to an SEA pilot for a provincial transport plan in China. The case study demonstrates (1) that the proposed approach is adequate even in relatively fixed SEA processes; and (2) that the components and the logical relationships among factors elaborated on in the analytical framework are reasonable. In addition, the components of the framework that need to be improved and the perspectives for future application are discussed.

As the low-carbon pilot area, Hubei Province has faced tremendous pressure on GHG emissions reduction with rapid economic growth. However, Guangdong Province has balanced the economic development and energy consumption well. “Guangdong Mode” represents the reasonable industry structure, energy structure and lower energy intensity. In this paper, LEAP-Hubei model was established to predict the level of GHG emissions and energy consumption in Hubei from now to 2025. Three scenarios were set: Base Scenario, “Guangdong Mode” I and “Guangdong Mode” II. The results show that “Guangdong Mode” and The “New Normal” have a significant effect on energy consumption and GHG emissions reduction for Hubei. When “Guangdong Mode” and the “New Normal” meet in Hubei, the energy consumption and GHG emissions will reach the top.