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Experts agree that climate change will affect China, and China will affect climate change. Yet, as a developing country, it is not required to limit its emissions under the internationally agreed Kyoto Protocol.
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Opinions and Analysis
Aid needed to help China make carbon cuts
Based on current growth rates, China's carbon emissions will equal today's entire global output by 2030, warn Ning Zeng and colleagues.
Technology alone will not solve energy crisis
The world must not miss its second chance to take a radically different approach to energy consumption.
Dangerous liaisons: India's climate change pact with US
7 September 2005
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Source: Down To Earth
Policy Briefs
China and climate change: the role of the energy sector
Climate change is affecting China and China is affecting climate change. Key to the relationship is the nation's booming economy and changing energy sector.
How biodiversity and climate change interact
Hannah Reid, Balakrishna Pisupati and Helen Baulch explore the inextricable links between biodiversity and climate, and explain why an integrated policy approach is required.
News and Features
G8 leaders pledge to halve carbon emissions by 2050
G8 leaders pledge to cut carbon emission levels to 50 per cent by 2050, but developing countries continue to insist on more concrete targets.
Chinese biofuel 'could endanger biodiversity'
Using China's 'idle land' — often home to diverse species — to produce biofuels could post a threat to biodiversity, warn experts.
18 March 2008
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