China alone could bring world to brink of climate calamity, claims US official [View All]

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/09/china-sandalow-stern-emissions


Business as usual in China would lead to 2.7C rise by 2050 even if all other countries slash emissions, says energy assistant


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"China can and will need to do much more if the world is going to have any hope of containing climate change," said Sandalow, who is in Beijing as part of a high-level negotiating team that aims to find common ground ahead of the crucial Copenhagen summit at the end of this year.

No effective deal will be possible without the US and China, which together account for almost half of the planet's carbon emissions.
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hope the high-level negotiating team is successful

sending them Stamina