China pledged to cut ‘carbon intensity’ by 40-45 per cent from 2005-2020 as part of the global climate change pact it signed in Paris in 2015
Smoke and steam rise from a coal processing plant in Hejin, in central China's Shanxi Province, in a Nov. 28, 2019 file photo.China may struggle to meet its climate pledges this year as it turns to heavy industry and carbon-intensive projects to shore up its coronavirus-stricken economy, government researchers and analysts say.
“We had thought it wouldn’t be a problem for China to meet the carbon targets if previous efforts continued to be carried out,” said an expert at a think tank affiliated with China’s state planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission . By last year, energy intensity had fallen 13.2 per cent compared to 2015, according to Reuters calculations based on official data.
More heavy industrial output and infrastructure construction over the rest of the year, combined with a weakened service sector, will raise the amount of CO2 produced per unit of GDP growth, analysts say.
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