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Chinas economic growth undermining carbon-cutting efforts
2014-10-06 13:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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