China Makes Game-Changing Carbon Offer at Cancun Climate Talks
December 7th, 2010 by Jeremy Bloom
China shook up the stalled Cancun climate talks on Monday by offering to submit to a binding UN resolution on carbon emissions. It could be a breakthrough moment in the drive to limit global warming and climate change. One blogger asked, “Did China just save the world?”
There’s a lot to be cleared up there, between the concepts of “binding”, “voluntary”, and “legally binding”. And there’s still plenty of room for disaster.
But, as Jennifer Morgan of the World Resources Institute put it, “This is a gamechanger.”
Read the full article at our sister-blog, Red Green and Blue.
More COP15 Coverage:
- James Hansen is Optimistic About Global Warming (Because of China, not US)
- WRI Climate Solution Proposal at Cancun Gets Approval From Nicholas Stern
- Could Cancun Deliver a Global Renewable Energy Standard?
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