Dabo Guan on China’s carbon emission rates

Global Business

According to experts, Chinese coal actually emits less carbon dioxide than coal in the West, 40 percent less. Researchers say the revised numbers allow China to have a more accurate base line to work with at upcoming climate negotiations in Paris.

For more on the report and China’s effect on climate change, CCTV America’s Jessica Stone was joined by the study’s co-author Dabo Guan.
Dabo is also the Chair of Climate Change Economics at the University of East Anglia.

Dabo Guan on China\'s carbon emission rates

According to experts, Chinese coal actually emits less carbon dioxide than coal in the West, 40 percent less. Researchers say the revised numbers allow China to have a more accurate base line to work with at upcoming climate negotiations in Paris. For more on the report and China's effect on climate change, CCTV America's Jessica Stone was joined by the study's co-author Dabo Guan. He's also the Chair of Climate Change Economics at the University of East Anglia.