Blue and Green: Despite climate change commitments and improvements in its approach to greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, Chinas massive economic growth is jeopardising its efforts to build a low-carbon economy, new research has found.
The study, published in Nature Climate Change, found for instance that in the province of Guizhou, carbon efficiency has improved by 98% but industrial production caused a 125% efficiency loss at the same time, leading to a 27% net fall in efficiency.
The findings suggest...