— d “‚hina is the worst polluter e r and they are not doin anythin” a h ly s China is currentl the world’s larest polluter in total‚ ˆer l a u capita China emits less than half the emissions of the us‚ q e Since the industrial reolution the us has had the hihest n s u cumulatie emissions‚! e i s n o — p s e China has the larest solar wind nuclear and hdro deplo„ r ment proramme in the world@ and is in the process of implementin a co2 tradin scheme‚# China accounted for Ÿ per cent of the world’s total renewable ener inestment in 201” and oer half of its new solar capacit in 201¡‚$ — Howeer China also continues to build new coal„fired power plants‚ …he China Electricit Council has suested that the countr could build a further 00 iawatts ›gwœ of capacit to reach a total capacit of 1 00 gw in 200‚% — “‰ther countries are not on board” 1ž¡ countries hae sined the ˆaris reement which commits them to ƒeepin temperatures “well below 2°C”‚ …he will also “pursue efforts” to limit warmin to 1‚”°C from pre„industrial leels‚ s of 2020 1—ž countries hae ratified the areement‚^ — …he us exited the ˆaris reement on “oember ‘th 2020 but man subnational oernments within the us hae made pledes to uphold the tarets‚& ˆresident„elect ¢iden announced his administration would re„šoin the ˆaris reement b executie order on his first da in office‚* 1 Žrumhoff et al‚ 201”ª ‘ bnef 201— ¢aer et al‚ 2000 ” Shearer et al‚ 201ž 2 irena 201Ÿª iea Ÿ ‡nited “ations 2020 201¡ ¡ unfccc 201¡ Šorld ¢anƒ ¦ Ecofs Hale et al‚ 201— 201— — ’eaan 2020 ”
Pictet Group Oxford Climate Change Study Page 52 Page 54