Global warming

[Eric the Green]

(06-06-2017, 12:19 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: Under the agreement China was allowed to belch away, burning coal with abandon, until 2030.

Since the Agreement is voluntary, actually everyone is allowed to do anything. The hope is for further and more stringent requirements soon. This was the first time an Agreement was reached. The USA is now out of the deal-making on this issue. We the USA have abdicated our role, thanks to the slaveholders of the 18th century.

CHINA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT

https://www.c2es.org/docUploads/chinas-c...eement.pdf

On June 30, 2015, China formally submitted its intended
nationally determined contribution (INDC) to the new
global climate agreement to be concluded this December
in Paris. China committed to the following actions by
2030:
• Peaking of carbon dioxide emissions around 2030
and making best efforts to peak early;
• Lowering carbon dioxide intensity (carbon dioxide
emissions per unit of GDP) by 60 to 65 percent from
the 2005 level;
• Increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary
energy consumption to around 20 percent; and
• Increasing the forest stock volume by around 4.5
billion cubic meters from the 2005 level.1

Based on analysis by some of the world’s leading
energy institutes, China’s INDC represents a significant
undertaking beyond business-as-usual and will help slow
the rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. According to
the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International
Energy Agency (IEA), Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) and Tsinghua University, peaking
carbon dioxide emissions around 2030 would reduce
China’s emissions by at least 1.7 Gt or 14 percent from
the most optimistic business as usual scenario.