Every time the UN meets to discuss solving the climate crisis - like it is this week - theres one excuse that invariably comes up... If China doesnt change, then it doesnt matter what [enter city/region/country name] does. According to this argument, China is the main problem. Its doing the most harm, and if it doesnt change its carbon-intensive ways, then were all doomed, regardless of what else we do. Not only is this argument ethically unsound - we all have a responsibility toward the climate, especially weathier, global north countries - but it turns out that China is beginning to act. Right now. Recently, China accounced that it would no longer build coal-fired power plants in the regions surrounding Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The air pollution has just gotten out of control with residents from all walks of life feeling the impacts.
Posted on: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 02:44:16 +0000
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