Research examines whether policies can curtail the growth of greenhouse gases
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 07:00
in Earth & Climate
Researchers from MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing are collaborating to bring new insights into how China—now the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2)—can reverse the rising trajectory of its CO2 emissions within two decades. They use a newly developed global energy-economic model that separately represents details of China's energy system, industrial activity, and trade flows.