carbon emissions, china, climate change, climate targets, dirty recovery, economic growth, five-year plan

China Announces New 5-Year Climate Target Amid a ‘Dirty Recovery’

The world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases announced generally moderate new energy and climate targets that give little indications that it will step up its efforts at combatting climate change over the next five years. Premier Li Keqiang, speaking at the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress, said the country will reduce carbon emissions ...

David Clapp

Industry smokestacks polluting the air.