China vows to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2020
Friday, November 27, 2009 - 03:21
in Earth & Climate
The promise, along with a target announced by Obama the day before, raises expectations for the Copenhagen climate summit next month. China vowed Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade, a move that environmentalists and the Obama administration hailed as a major, and perhaps decisive, development toward agreement on a comprehensive climate treaty.