Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
China unveils new, ambitious climate goals
The world most populous country is also the
largest greenhouse gas emitter. With annual car sales has gone beyond 20
million mark since 2013, China itself has suffered from climate change and environmental
problems, especially water and air pollutions.
Prior to the upcoming UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change in Paris this fall, China has submitted its action
plan to reduce greenhouse gas emission for the next few decades. The plan aims
to reduce greenhouse gas emission per unit of GDP by 40-45 percent from the
2015 level by 2020.
China still regards itself as a developing
country and blames already developed countries for the climate change. It also
seems to take a leadership role to inspire developing countries to bring their
action plans to cope with the climate change.
Whatever their intentions are, there won’t
be any considerable outcomes from the fall convention without China and the US’s
commitment.
Enjoy reading what China has said it will
do for the next decades.
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