{"id":27104,"date":"2008-06-16T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:37:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:37:04","slug":"2104-study-confirms-china-is-top-carbon-emitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2104-study-confirms-china-is-top-carbon-emitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Study confirms China is top carbon emitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The study says China&#8217;s carbon emissions raced 14% ahead of the total emitted by the United States last year. It is the third report by European or US-based researchers to show China at the top.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;No matter how many of these kind of reports are released, you still need the confirmation from China to really confirm the story,&quot; Reuters reported Ailun Yang, from Greenpeace China, as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters quoted Isabel Hilton, editor of chinadialogue.net, as saying the findings will increase pressure on China to join a post-Kyoto regime. &quot;As the Chinese saying goes, the tall tree attracts the wind. The government is conscious that being the largest emitter by volume, along with a vigorous program of building coal-fired power stations, risks putting China at a moral disadvantage in international diplomacy.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idINL1319124020080613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s ranking as the world&#8217;s largest emitter of the carbon dioxide seems confirmed by a new report from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. 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