China Emerging as Reluctant Leader On Climate as U.S. Prepares to Step Back

摘要

China could emerge as a global captain in shaping international climate policies in coming years, and an economic beneficiary of those changes, even as the U.S. steps away from its leadership role. China is the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases, but the country's emissions growth has slowed rapidly. A report by the U.K.'s University of East Anglia released this week at the United Nations' Marrakech climate change conference called that a main reason behind mostly flat growth in worldwide emissions since 2014.