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Headline	Author	Published	Section
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: politics, greenhouse-gas emissions, China, United States, climate equity, climate, international politics, climate change mitigation (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: politics, China, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, climate change mitigation (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: China, climate, climate change mitigation, greenhouse-gas emissions, international politics, politics (all these topics)

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