Climate plan for the economy: realism in • Table.Briefings

To achieve the pledged contribution to the climate target, China’s industries would have to rapidly reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases. However, the Five-Year Climate Plan for the sector that has now been presented does not utilize its full capacity. Are the planners already preparing to overachieve in the socialist tradition?

These are company names that barely make the headlines. But they are more relevant to the world’s climate than entire countries. China Baowu, the world’s largest steel producer, produces more CO2 emissions than Pakistan. Chinese carmaker Saic Motors produces CO2 emissions comparable to Argentina’s. And the manufacturer of building materials, China National Building Material Group, is on a par with the industrial nation of France in terms of emissions.

Climate plan for the economy: realism instead of ambition

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