China—partial estimate 15.42 billion; complete estimate is not available The amount of subsidies that China provides to its fossil fuel industry has long remained a mystery. However, in September 2016, the US and China agreed upon a fossil fuel peer review process. The review was intended to stimulate a reform of such subsidies, which both...
71% of people interviewed gave their support to their government curbing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to the Paris Agreement. Concern about climate change among people in China—the world’s biggest carbon polluter—has plummeted in the past five years, according to new research. The Chinese were the least concerned among 40 nations surveyed. A recent US...
China: (1) Strengthen Country’s Paris Agreement pledge (2) Greater use by the business sector of non-fossil fuel electricity; (3) Greater reductions in the use of coal-fired power by the business sector China’s INDC targets include: A commitment to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, at the latest; Lower the carbon intensity of GDP by 60%...
