China Vows to Fight ‘World War’ Scale Climate Destruction - BusinessWeek

Climate change represents a threat to Chinese economic Development, and laws should be strengthened to meet climate targets, the Chinese president’s special envoy Xie Zhenhua wrote in the China Economic Herald.

“The scale of economic destruction would be equivalent to that of the two world wars and the Great Depression combined” if global temperatures rise by 3 degrees (5.4 Fahrenheit) to 4 degrees Celsius, Xie said. “Human beings and the Earth cannot afford such disasters.”

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