2. China's energy diet: cutting the carbs!
China's commitment does not go far enough however. China has pledged a new carbon intensity reduction target of 60-65% by 2030 based on 2005 levels. This means that it will further reduce the quantity of CO2 emissions per unit of GDP. But Greenpeace believes that with the decline of China's coal consumption, which contributes close to 80% of China's energy related CO2 emissions, China could and has to do more than what was pledged today.
China's carbon reduction plan, coupled with the world's other two major emitters, the US and the EU, is not enough to keep global temperature rises within two degrees, after which scientists warn our climate could spin out of control.