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Headline	Author	Published	Section
In China, we'll win or lose China's emissions are an argument for, not against, America taking action	Ryan Avent	16 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The fight against global warming: China has clearly overtaken the United States as the world's leading emitter of carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas, a new study has found, its emissions increasing 8 percent in 2007. The Chinese increase accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the year's global greenhouse gas emissions, the study found. But here's the kicker: The United States still has a vast lead in carbon dioxide emissions per person. The average ...
Topics: China, climate, economy, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics (all these topics)

Breaking the U.S.-China suicide pact William Chandler's recommendations on how we can cooperate to lower emissions	Joseph Romm	28 Mar 2008	Gristmill
William Chandler, director of the Carnegie Energy and Climate Program, has borrowed my phrase for the title of his new study: 'Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change.' It begins: Together, China and the United States produce 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Their actions to curb or expand energy consumption will determine whether efforts to stop global climate change succeed or fail. If these two nations act to curb emissions, ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, United States (all these topics)

You first! No, you first! China and the U.S. are both obliged to act on climate change, quick-like	David Roberts	13 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Apparently, based on some recent threads on this site, there's some dispute about the role China plays in the Great International Climate Change Debate. I'm absolutely snowed under right now, but I want to make two quick points: It is indisputable that the U.S., and developed countries generally, bear a vastly larger share of the responsibility for climate change than China, and developing countries generally. This is true whatever perspective you take: physical respo ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, climate equity, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics, United States (all these topics)

Al Gore is so wrong There is no comparison between Chinese and American GHG emissions	Eric de Place	11 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Al Gore's Nobel Prize speech, as reported by the NY Times: ... he singled out the United States and China -- the world's largest emitters of carbon dioxide -- for failing to meet their obligations in mitigating emissions. They should 'stop using each other's behavior as an excuse for stalemate,' he said. Much as I love him, Gore's sentiment here is far too generous to the good ol' U.S. of A. There is simply no fair comparison with China. We're not e ...
Topics: Al Gore, China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics, United States (all these topics)

Hope for a post-Kyoto agreement? China is prepared to make a climate deal	Joseph Romm	13 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Potentially a very big deal -- The Independent reports 'China 'will agree to cut its carbon emissions'': China, now the world's biggest greenhouse-gas emitter, will eventually agree to cut its soaring carbon dioxide emissions, one of the country's leading environmentalists forecast yesterday -- but only on the basis of a deal with the United States and the rest of the developed world. When is eventually? The Chinese would be very unlikely to set their own ...
Topics: China, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

On climate, Hu's leading whom? Snappy comebacks for the climate do-nothing set who's using China as an excuse	Anna Fahey	28 Oct 2007	Gristmill
On a hot day this summer, Chinese President Hu Jintao and a group of state leaders appeared at a public function wearing short-sleeved shirts, rather than their normal business suits. According to the state press, the casual attire wasn't just a new fashion statement: China's top brass were leading by example, encouraging Chinese workers to dress in light clothing in order to reduce the use of air conditioners in office buildings. Fashions do change. Outright denial of ...
Topics: climate change mitigation, politics, international politics, climate, China, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics)

China to West: You must be kidding Accuses us of 'green imperialism'	David Roberts	26 Jun 2007	Gristmill
More or less echoing what I said here, China is telling the West to shove its climate hectoring where the sun don't shine: Asian business and government leaders have accused rich countries of hypocrisy, saying they run polluting industries with cheap labour in China and then blame the country for worsening climate change. 'This is green imperialism,' Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Malaysia's deputy finance minister, told a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum on eas ...
Topics: China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics (all these topics)

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