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Notable Margins

November 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In September President Hu Jintao announced at the United Nations that China would reduce the amount of its carbon emissions per unit of GDP by a “notable margin.”  We now have China’s definition of notable.  It means 40-45% reduction from 2005 levels by 2020 (at the high end, that’s 3% off 2005 emissions per year).  [...]

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Tags: US-China relations · carbon emissions · climate change