Beijing blocks GHG cuts while making green plans

摘要

China, along with other developing nations, blocked a proposal to cut emissions from shipping at last month's UN climate talks in Tianjin and, according to Peter Murray, chief representative in Shanghai for law firm Ince & Co, seems unwilling to make further commitments or to discuss the legal framework for the next set of emission reductions until developed countries, specifically the US, honour their own obligations.rnBut Murray believes there are some positive signs. He reminded Fairplay that, despite the friction, significant progress was made justrna few days earlier at the 61 st session of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee in London in relation tornGHG emissions from vessels.