Posts Tagged ‘climate change’

China Emerges as the Yin and the Yang of the Global Warming Problem

September 22nd, 2009

An article from NY Times regarding the struggle China is facing.

One question is “What will China do?” said Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. And, just as importantly, he added, it’s “Will Congress accept it?”

The world may get an answer to the first question tomorrow, when Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks to the U.N. General Assembly. He is expected to announce a major climate change plan, which some experts say could include a new five-year commitment to reducing the greenhouse gas content of China’s economy, and may indicate when China plans to peak its emissions before lowering them.

via China Emerges as the Yin and the Yang of the Global Warming Problem – NYTimes.com.

NRDC’s Recommendations for Strengthening US-China Climate Change and Energy Engagement

February 25th, 2009

Here is a clip of China-related news

NRDC Document Bank: NRDC’s Recommendations for Strengthening US-China Climate Change and Energy Engagement

The United States of America and the People’s Republic of China are both key players in international efforts to address global warming and global energy security. Indeed, they are by far the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the world, together accounting for over 40% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use. Efforts by these two players over the coming decades to cut greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption will play a large role in determining the ultimate outcome of efforts to combat global warming. They are, of course, not alone in this effort, but they are the critical actors, jointly holding the key to either sustainability or catastrophe. Building upon NRDC’s experience in China and the international global warming negotiations, this paper recommends nine key steps for the incoming Obama administration, US Congress, and leaders in China to strengthen US-China Climate Change and Energy Engagement.

 NRDCs Recommendations for Strengthening US China Climate Change and Energy Engagement

Emissions At Least On Par With US: Beijing Admits It May Be World’s Top Polluter

November 7th, 2008

Emissions At Least On Par With US: Beijing Admits It May Be World’s Top Polluter | Clear The Air News Blog

A top climate official has admitted the mainland’s greenhouse gas emissions are at least on a par with those of the United States, but said the unfolding financial crisis was presenting new economic and technological opportunities to restructure the international campaign against global warming.

Xie Zhenhua , deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, also said yesterday rich countries must take the lead in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and contributing money and technology to developing countries.

It was the first time the central government had publicly acknowledged that China may have passed the US to become the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter.