{"id":26110,"date":"2007-06-20T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:35:15","slug":"1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/","title":{"rendered":"China passes US as world&#8217;s biggest CO2 emitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>China&#39;s greenhouse-gas emissions had not been expected to overtake those of the US for several years, although some had predicted it would happen as soon as next year.<\/div>\n<div>\nBut figures from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency show China&rsquo;s rising demand for electricity from coal and increasing cement production pushed China&#39;s recorded emissions for 2006 beyond those of the US.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe agency said China produced 6,200 million tonnes of CO2 in 2006, compared with 5,800 million tonnes from the US.<\/div>\n<div>\nBut per head of population, China&#39;s emissions remain fairly low, about a quarter of that of the US.<\/div>\n<div>\nSee <a href=\"https:\/\/environment.guardian.co.uk\/waste\/story\/0,,2107001,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has overtaken the US as the world&rsquo;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the<em> Guardian <\/em>reported on Wednesday, citing a Dutch think-tank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-26110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China passes US as world&#039;s biggest CO2 emitter | Dialogue Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"China has overtaken the US as the world&rsquo;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a Dutch think-tank.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China passes US as world&#039;s biggest CO2 emitter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"China has overtaken the US as the world&rsquo;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a Dutch think-tank.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dialogue Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-06-20T16:14:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-14T18:35:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-logo_Thumbnail.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"China Dialogue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"China Dialogue\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed\"},\"headline\":\"China passes US as world&#8217;s biggest CO2 emitter\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-06-20T16:14:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-14T18:35:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/\",\"name\":\"China passes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter | Dialogue Earth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-06-20T16:14:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-14T18:35:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"China has overtaken the US as the world&rsquo;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a Dutch think-tank.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China passes US as world&#8217;s biggest CO2 emitter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Dialogue Earth\",\"description\":\"Global climate and environment news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"width\":256,\"height\":256,\"caption\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_\",\"\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/\"],\"description\":\"Dialogue Earth is an independent non-profit dedicated to producing exceptional environmental journalism and informed conversations on urgent climate and sustainability topics. Our unique model brings local voices to global audiences and global stories of hope, action and change to local communities. We are committed to accurately portraying China\u2019s development impacts across the Global South through geopolitically even-handed reporting and constructive dialogue. Our approach is rooted in a network of specialist country editors located across South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, and delivered through reporting in eight languages, workshops, and media partnerships. We seek to bring light, rather than heat, to crucial debates, and solutions to bear on complex problems.\",\"email\":\"info@dialogue.earth\",\"telephone\":\"(+44) 7542 525 859\",\"legalName\":\"Dialogue Earth\",\"foundingDate\":\"2006-09-22\",\"numberOfEmployees\":{\"@type\":\"QuantitativeValue\",\"minValue\":\"11\",\"maxValue\":\"50\"},\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed\",\"name\":\"China Dialogue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China passes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter | Dialogue Earth","description":"China has overtaken the US as the world&rsquo;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a Dutch think-tank.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China passes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter","og_description":"China has overtaken the US as the world&rsquo;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a Dutch think-tank.","og_url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/","og_site_name":"Dialogue Earth","article_published_time":"2007-06-20T16:14:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-14T18:35:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-logo_Thumbnail.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"China Dialogue","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/"},"author":{"name":"China Dialogue","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed"},"headline":"China passes US as world&#8217;s biggest CO2 emitter","datePublished":"2007-06-20T16:14:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-14T18:35:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/"},"wordCount":110,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/","name":"China passes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter | Dialogue Earth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-06-20T16:14:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-14T18:35:15+00:00","description":"China has overtaken the US as the world&rsquo;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, the Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a Dutch think-tank.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/1110-china-passes-us-as-world-s-biggest-co2-emitter\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China passes US as world&#8217;s biggest CO2 emitter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","name":"Dialogue Earth","description":"Global climate and environment news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization","name":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","width":256,"height":256,"caption":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_","","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/"],"description":"Dialogue Earth is an independent non-profit dedicated to producing exceptional environmental journalism and informed conversations on urgent climate and sustainability topics. Our unique model brings local voices to global audiences and global stories of hope, action and change to local communities. We are committed to accurately portraying China\u2019s development impacts across the Global South through geopolitically even-handed reporting and constructive dialogue. Our approach is rooted in a network of specialist country editors located across South and Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, and delivered through reporting in eight languages, workshops, and media partnerships. We seek to bring light, rather than heat, to crucial debates, and solutions to bear on complex problems.","email":"info@dialogue.earth","telephone":"(+44) 7542 525 859","legalName":"Dialogue Earth","foundingDate":"2006-09-22","numberOfEmployees":{"@type":"QuantitativeValue","minValue":"11","maxValue":"50"},"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed","name":"China Dialogue","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26110"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=26110"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=26110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}