Analysis: Nothing New, as China ‘Intends’ to Cap Emissions – Made similar pledge in 2009
In November, 2009, prior to the (failed) UN climate fest in Copenhagen, they announced their “intention” to reduce their emissions per unit economic output (called “carbon intensity”) by 40-45% by 2020. Since then, things haven’t appreciably changed—so they now have five years to execute this huge drop, which isn’t going to happen. The road to global warming is paved with China’s good “intentions”.
