China Announces Emissions Reduction Targets (But They're Not Really Reductions)
by Daniel Kessler, San Francisco, California
on 11.26.09
Well, everyone has their cards on the table now. Following the US's announcement yesterday that it will bring an emissions reductions target "in the range" of 17 percent of 2005 levels to Copenhagen, China has announced its own commitment: a 40-45 percent reduction of 2005 levels in what it calls "carbon intensity." The pledge is being met with tepid acceptance.
































