China Beats U.S. in Per-Capita Pollution for First Time - Bloomberg

China Beats U.S. in Per-Capita Pollution for First Time - Bloomberg “We are nowhere near the commitments needed to stay below 2 degrees Celsius of climate change, a level that will be hard to reach for any country, including rich nations,” said Corinne Le Quere, co-author of the report and a director of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, England. “CO2 growth now is much faster than it was in the 1990s, and we’re not delivering the improvements in carbon intensity we anticipated 10 years ago.” Each person in China produced 7.2 tons of carbon dioxide on average compared with 6.8 tons in Europe and 1.9 tons in India in 2013, according to the study by the Tyndall Center and the University of Exeter’s College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-21/china-beats-u-s-in-per-capital-pollution-for-first-time.html?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1c6ee2e573-Sinocism09_22_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-1c6ee2e573-29615013&mc_cid=1c6ee2e573&mc_eid=5935182a65

Related: Q. and A.: Glen Peters on China and Climate Change - NYTimes.com In an interview, Glen Peters, a senior research fellow at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo and a scientist with the Global Carbon Project, discussed why China poses such a big challenge for curbing global warming:http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/q-and-a-glen-peters-on-china-and-climate-change/?smid=tw-share&utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1c6ee2e573-Sinocism09_22_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-1c6ee2e573-29615013&mc_cid=1c6ee2e573&mc_eid=5935182a65

Related: China Coal Peak Imminent Makes Coal Risky Investment: Study - Bloomberg Investments in coal assets may be hit by falling costs for renewable energies and tighter regulation to combat global warming, said the group, which promotes the idea that the world can’t burn all the fossil fuels it’s investing in while meeting its climate goals. “There are a host of signals that Chinese demand for coal is close to peaking which will cause a seismic shift in the market,” Anthony Hobley, chief executive officer, wrote in a report released today. “This is potentially a risky business for investors.”http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-21/china-coal-peak-imminent-makes-coal-risky-investment-study.html?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=1c6ee2e573-Sinocism09_22_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-1c6ee2e573-29615013&mc_cid=1c6ee2e573&mc_eid=5935182a65