Davos Lauds China’s Climate Efforts Even as Emissions Rise
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Davos Lauds China’s Climate Efforts Even as Emissions Rise
As part of the Paris agreement on climate change, China pledged
that its emissions would peak no later than 2030, and Mr. Stavins said that target "remains very much within reach." China has also said it will make its economy much more efficient than it was in 2005 in terms of how much carbon it emits per unit of growth.
China’s emissions of climate-changing gases from burning fossil fuels, already greater than the United States’s
and Europe’s combined, resumed their climb last year as heavy industry expanded in the country.
Trevor Houser said that The increase last year is a one-off — it’s not likely to be sustained —
but Chinese emissions are not likely to go down either,
China — which already emits more carbon from burning fossil fuels than the United States
and Europe combined — saw electricity use jump last year as its economy accelerated.
Rhodium estimates that China’s energy-related carbon emissions climbed last year 2.2 percent to 4.1 percent.
25, 2018
DAVOS, Switzerland — Xi Jinping, China’s president, galvanized supporters of the climate-change fight last year when he told an audience at the World Economic Forum
that the effort "is a responsibility we must assume for future generations." This week, as they gather again in Davos for the annual global gabfest, world leaders continue to see China as a major force in that fight.
China’s generation of electricity by wind power climbed by about one-quarter last year, while solar power jumped by three-quarters, Mr. Yan said.
As part of the Paris agreement on climate change, China pledged
that its emissions would peak no later than 2030, and Mr. Stavins said that target "remains very much within reach." China has also said it will make its economy much more efficient than it was in 2005 in terms of how much carbon it emits per unit of growth.
China’s emissions of climate-changing gases from burning fossil fuels, already greater than the United States’s
and Europe’s combined, resumed their climb last year as heavy industry expanded in the country.
Trevor Houser said that The increase last year is a one-off — it’s not likely to be sustained —
but Chinese emissions are not likely to go down either,
China — which already emits more carbon from burning fossil fuels than the United States
and Europe combined — saw electricity use jump last year as its economy accelerated.
Rhodium estimates that China’s energy-related carbon emissions climbed last year 2.2 percent to 4.1 percent.
25, 2018
DAVOS, Switzerland — Xi Jinping, China’s president, galvanized supporters of the climate-change fight last year when he told an audience at the World Economic Forum
that the effort "is a responsibility we must assume for future generations." This week, as they gather again in Davos for the annual global gabfest, world leaders continue to see China as a major force in that fight.
China’s generation of electricity by wind power climbed by about one-quarter last year, while solar power jumped by three-quarters, Mr. Yan said.