France’s President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the One Planet Summit on Tuesday in Boulogne-Billancourt, southwest of Paris. He said that two years after the Paris Agreement was adopted progress in the fight against global warming has been slow. Photo: AFP
France’s President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the One Planet Summit on Tuesday in Boulogne-Billancourt, southwest of Paris. He said that two years after the Paris Agreement was adopted progress in the fight against global warming has been slow. Photo: AFP
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China struggles to cut coal use as world loses battle on climate change

Bleak assessment comes on second anniversary of Paris Agreement and after report suggests China’s 2017 carbon emissions set to rise 3.5pc

Viola Zhou
Viola Zhou

Updated: 10:18am, 14 Dec, 2017

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France’s President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the One Planet Summit on Tuesday in Boulogne-Billancourt, southwest of Paris. He said that two years after the Paris Agreement was adopted progress in the fight against global warming has been slow. Photo: AFP
France’s President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the One Planet Summit on Tuesday in Boulogne-Billancourt, southwest of Paris. He said that two years after the Paris Agreement was adopted progress in the fight against global warming has been slow. Photo: AFP
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