The NRDC released two conflicting statistics about China. The first report claimed a 17% reduction in emissions between 1996 and 2000. The second report claimed carbon dioxide emissions fell 6 percent to 14 percent between 1996 and 1999.
The NRDC said their second report was based on "newer, more reliable figures". [1] (http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/achinagg.asp)
The major difficulty in calculating Chinese CO2 emissions was that China was massively restructuring its coal and petroleum industries in the late 1990's making year to year comparisons very difficult. In addition, China was also imposing new coal mining safety standards and cracking down on illegal oil importation. Both of these meant that there could have been a large amount of fossil fuel burning which was not included in the official statistics.
The major difficulty in calculating CO emissions in mainland China was that mainland China was massively restructuring its coal and petroleum industries in the late 1990's making year to year comparisons very difficult.
Both of these meant that there could have been a large amount of fossil fuel burning which was not included in the official statistics.
In reality it is highly probable that CO emissions actually rose considerably over the time period in question, given the phenomenal economic growth which was taking place at the same time.
Also, emission levels of former Warsaw Pact countries who now are members of the EU have already been reduced as a result of their economic restructuring.
Rona Ambrose, who considers the emission trading concept to be flawed, replaced Stephane Dion as the environment minister and the chief overseer of the protocol in the United Nations.
Wigley, T.M.L. The Kyoto Protocol: CO2, CH4, and climate, Geophys.
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