World Resource Institute: China's Climate Change Playbook is Worth Reading - by Jonathan Lash and Deborah Nelson
China's Climate Change Playbook is Worth Reading - by Jonathan Lash and Deborah Nelson
The Olympics are an opportunity for the U.S. and China to better understand each other and move forward together on fighting climate change.The Olympics offers an opportunity for the U.S. and China to better understand each other and move forward together on fighting climate change.China and the U.S. are the world’s two biggest producers of greenhouse gases. The U.S. can no longer use China as an excuse for inaction. Contrary to popular belief, China is already implementing a comprehensive energy policy that addresses climate change. While China’s climate-change challenge equals the U.S. in scale, China’s emissions footprint is fundamentally different. In the U.S., one-third of energy use and CO2 emissions come from transportation. In China, transport accounts for just 10 percent of emissions, and industry is the biggest contributor by far.
Labels: China, Olympics, Pollution and the environment, US
