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China reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by more than two-thirds in past 15 years (ourworldindata.org)

submitted 3 days ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] thelucky8@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

A very small step as it's already been said, but as many other countries, China is unfortunately far behind regarding its actions to fight climate change.

The Climate Action Tracker -an independent scientific project that tracks government climate action and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement- rates Chinas environmental measures highly insufficient.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago

It's offset by their CO2 emissions, which almost tripled in the last 20 years,

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/CHN/china/carbon-co2-emissions

Their greenhouse gas emissions increased six fold.

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/CHN/china/ghg-greenhouse-gas-emissions

But it's a small step for hankind