Cutting carbon emissions is part of China’s modernisation drive. Photo: Reuters
Cutting carbon emissions is part of China’s modernisation drive. Photo: Reuters
China /  Science

China, climate change and the shared self-interest behind carbon cuts

  • Even if they don’t work together, China and the US will have a common vulnerability to changes in the climate
  • China is taking steps to cut emissions but it has its own reasons for doing so

Topic |   Climate change
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Updated: 9:00am, 16 Aug, 2021

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Cutting carbon emissions is part of China’s modernisation drive. Photo: Reuters
Cutting carbon emissions is part of China’s modernisation drive. Photo: Reuters
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