Scientists find huge hole in Chinese emissions data | ABC Radio Australia

China's carbon emissions could be nearly 20 per cent higher than previously thought according to a new report.

Fresh analysis of China's official data shows carbon emission figures for the nation and figures for the provinces between 1997 and 2010 do not match up.

A team of scientists from China, the UK and the US studied both sets of data and found a gap of 1.4 billion tonnes, which is slightly more than Japan's annual emissions.