From China Daily:
China is making a serious effort in protecting the global environment, even though it is exempt from carbon dioxide (CO2) emission cuts as a developing country, according to the country’s top weather official…
The nation is the second largest emitter of CO2 behind the United States. A report last November released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed that China would surpass the United States and become the world’s top CO2 emitter by 2009.
The exemption from the obligation of CO2 emission cuts by the Kyoto Protocol has brought international pressure on China but Qin Dahe sees it as an opportunity to make progress.[Full Text]
