'Developing countries' hold 'industrialised' West responsible for climate change
Johannesburg - A meeting of developing nations, including South Africa, reached an agreement that the 'industrialised' West was responsible for most of the climate change across the globe.Flashback: Warmed-up numbers | The Economist
...Machado was speaking at the close of a meeting between Brazil, South Africa, India and China on climatic changes across the world, ahead of a larger meeting, which will be held later in Qatar.
China is the world’s largest CO2 emitter and produces around a quarter of global carbon emissions. But according to the new study, which used more than a decade of official Chinese data, China’s carbon emissions could be 20% higher than previously thought. It says the emission discrepancy in 2010 is equivalent to about 5% of the total global output (in 2008).
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