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The Challenges Of Global Warming And China-Us Response, Xiaoyan Jiang

Conference on “Improving the Human Destiny"

As the home to 1/3 of the world’s population and 1/4 of the global GDP, China and the United States might most likely become the origin of 60% of the global carbon emissions in next 30 years. For the most part, they are central to preserving the Earth for this and future generations. The United States is the biggest polluter with 5.8 billion tonnes, followed by China with 5.1 billion tonnes. Global maps, produced by risk specialists Maplecroft, show the United States and China to bear about 90% of this burden and be the countries most susceptible to economic losses. …