Saturday, June 30, 2012

China's C02 emissions

It is widely recognized that China has become the world's largest producer of carbon-dioxide emissions. A recent article in Nature Climate Change suggests that the current official figures may under-represent those emissions by as much as 1.4 billion tonnes per year. The difference comes from comparing an aggregation of 'official' provincial figures with the 'official' national figures. More on the issue here.

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