China and Climate Change: From Copenhagen to Cancun

摘要

The key to action by China to finally cap and then reduce its GHG emissions likely lies, for better or worse, in the actions of other countries. The West must do all that it can to bolster and supplement existing aid and cooperation programs with China intended to help it become more energy efficient. At the same time, Western governments will have to be seen by China to be taking on much more responsibility for past and future climate change, and be seen to be acting accordingly through concrete policies and programs of their own, if there is any hope of convincing China to do more than it intends to do already.