Carbon dioxide storage tanks at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in southeast China. The country is responsible for about one-third of the world’s carbon emissions. Photo: Reuters Carbon dioxide storage tanks at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in southeast China. The country is responsible for about one-third of the world’s carbon emissions. Photo: Reuters
Carbon dioxide storage tanks at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in southeast China. The country is responsible for about one-third of the world’s carbon emissions. Photo: Reuters
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Chinese cities among 25 big producers of greenhouse gases, study finds

  • Handan, Shanghai and Suzhou on list of urban centres responsible for more than half the carbon released by 167 cities worldwide, researchers say
  • Wealthier countries have higher per capita emissions than developing nations, but Asian cities were the biggest emitters as a whole

Topic |   Climate change
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Updated: 11:21pm, 12 Jul, 2021

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Carbon dioxide storage tanks at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in southeast China. The country is responsible for about one-third of the world’s carbon emissions. Photo: Reuters Carbon dioxide storage tanks at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in southeast China. The country is responsible for about one-third of the world’s carbon emissions. Photo: Reuters
Carbon dioxide storage tanks at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in southeast China. The country is responsible for about one-third of the world’s carbon emissions. Photo: Reuters
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