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Emissions Reduction by the Numbers

Emissions Reduction by the Numbers / Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, Project Syndicate, 14/11/2014

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-us-carbon-emissions-formula-by-jeffrey-frankel-2014-11

Discussions in Beijing between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping – the leaders of the world’s two largest carbon-emitting countries – produced an unexpected, groundbreaking bilateral agreement on greenhouse-gas emissions. Under the new deal, the US is to reduce its emissions by 26-28% from 2005 levels within 20 years, and China’s emissions are to peak by 2030. In the absence of a binding global agreement, such unilateral or bilateral commitments by countries to rein in their contribution to global warming represent the most realistic hope for addressing climate change…

OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Danièle Revel (17 novembre 2014). Emissions Reduction by the Numbers. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 17 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/obe9


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