China’s carbon emissions may be 13% lower than estimated

Last November, China pledged to halt the growth in its emissions by 2030. That target has been “applauded by the international community given China’s emissions have been growing at rates of 5% to 8% over the past decade and a half,” says Canadell, who is also executive director of the Global Carbon Project, an international consortium of scientists studying the global carbon cycle. Not all climate scientists agree, however; the Climate Action Tracker, an alliance of four European research groups, rates the targets “inadequate.”