China's CO2 Explosion
Posted by Max Dunn Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:02:00 GMT
China has overtaken the U.S. as the world’s biggest contributor to CO2 emissions, and a new study shows it growing much faster than expected.
Previously, experts put growth at 2.5% to 5% per year, but the real rate may be 11%, according to a new study. If this is the case, then between 2000 and 2010, the increase in China’s CO2 emissions will be more than 5 times greater than all the reductions that were expected under the Kyoto Protocol.
(From BusinessWeek, March 24, 2008)