Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Asia’s largest contributor

And here lies the other side of the world order. China (Asia’s largest contributor, accounting for nearly 18% of world emissions: US government data) and India, (which contributes around 5% to global warming today) have refused to accept strict curbs on their greenhouse emissions, stating that this would seriously undermine their economic growth. While India feels that the developed countries, with their wasteful habits, are to be blamed and should be setting higher emission caps for themselves, the Chinese stand is not very different. After recent talks with EU officials, Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, stated in no uncertain terms that developing countries were not to be blamed for global warming. He further added that it was the responsibility of every country “to do what it can for the environment.”

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