What do you think about China’s latest comments on climate change?
China will seek to increase cooperation with Asian nations on climate change and will try to freeze its key pollution emissions at 2005 levels,Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said Wednesday.
Wen said he would propose an international climate change forum in China next year to improve the region’s ability to address global warming.
“China in the next five years will be determined to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent (per unit of GDP) to reduce carbon emissions and will strive to keep carbon emissions at 2005 levels,”Wen told journalists.
“China is earnestly addressing climate change because this is an issue facing mankind,”the premier said on the sidelines of a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its six dialogue partners.
http://green.yahoo.com/news/afp/20071121/sc_afp/aseansummiteasiachinaenvironmentclimate.html
Very commendable I must say.
When Bush is indecisive he likes other nations to take the lead,in fact China had taken steps to curb pollution 15 years ago by buying up all the coal fuel manufacturers because all the households use coal as fuel for cooking,warming etc. I learnt of this from a manager of one of the main producers who wanted to invest in some italian machinery of which I represented at the time. With all the China bashing going on at the moment,I think we should at least praise them for the effort of curbing climate warming. If Mr. Wen was running for President of the USA,he would give all the others a run for their money.
LIving and Working Green at Coastal Carolina University
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