{"id":25959,"date":"2007-04-26T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-26T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:57","slug":"959-china-won-t-be-top-co2-emitter-this-year-says-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/959-china-won-t-be-top-co2-emitter-this-year-says-official\/","title":{"rendered":"China won&#8217;t be top CO2 emitter this year, says official"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The International Energy Agency said last week that China would overtake the United States as the world&#39;s biggest emitter of heat-trapping carbon dioxide either this year or next.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>But Gao Guangsheng, head of China&#39;s Office of the National Coordination Committee for Climate Change, said the claim did not have a concrete statistical basis.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&quot;For some international organisations to reach the conclusion that China&#39;s carbon dioxide emissions are about to surpass the United States&#39; 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