Chinese coal: key to a global climate solution

Chinese coal: key to a global climate solution / Kevin Jianjun Tu, Carnegie Endowment, East-Asia forum, January 7th, 2013 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/01/07/chinese-coal-key-to-a-global-climate-solution/ China is rich in coal — so rich that coal lies at the heart of any solution to prevent climate change. Coal accounts for 70 per cent of the country’s primary energy consumption, and coal-fired carbon emissions in China were 17 per cent higher than national carbon dioxide emissions in the..