With the world watching, China's president Hu Jintao offered his country's biggest climate change initiative yet at the UN this morning, saying China would establish emissions intensity targets --not absolute targets, but cuts in emissions per unit of... ...full story at TreeHugger
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YouTube video Dr. Lu Xuedu, China's expert on climate change issues, has praised the UK Government's initiatives on the environment; he says Britain, in setting targets for low carbon emissions in the future, could have a genuine and significant influence on China. |
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Q & A: What is China doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? » People's Daily Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday told a United Nations climate summit China would cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by "a notable margin" in the decade to 2020. It is not the first time China has put... |
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Emissions goal mulled for first time » People's Daily China should aim to reduce its carbon intensity by 4 or 5 percent year-on-year if it is to achieve its goal of low-carbon development by 2050, says a leading environmental think tank. If the annual target is met, carbon emissions per unit of economic... |
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