China greenhouse gas emissions soar 50% during 2005-2014: Government data

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SHANGHAI: China's climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions hit 12.3 billion tonnes in 2014, up 53.5 per cent in just a decade, the environment ...

SHANGHAI: China's climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions hit 12.3 billion tonnes in 2014, up 53.5 per cent in just a decade, the environment ministry said on Monday , citing the country's latest carbon"inventory" submitted to the United Nations.

The 2014 figure, based on the most recent calculations by the Chinese government, includes China's emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, but does not make adjustments based on changes in land use or increases in forest coverage. Total net US emissions were measured at 5.74 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2017, down 0.5 per cent on the year, according to the country's Environmental Protection Agency.A study published by the Nature Geoscience journal last year estimated that China's total emissions hit a record 9.53 billion tonnes in 2013 and then declined over the following three years.

 

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