President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate meetings next month and have pledged new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story »
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Factual report about a recent pledge by the Chinese government to slow its greenhouse emissions. This article draws from a Xinhua news report stating that China aims to reduce carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent compared with 2005 levels. It goes on to explain that this would diminish the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of gross domestic product, meaning that emissions would still grow but the rate would slow. Good coverage of this breaking news event.
This development gives me new hope that progress can be made at the upcoming Copenhagen conference on climate change. The fact that both China and the U.S. will pledge to reduce their carbon emissions is likely to encourage other countries to follow suit. These are small steps, but it's a good start in the right direction.