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China Alone Could Bring World to Brink of Climate Calamity, Claims US Official

A worker at a Chinese cement factory. Cement is in demand in China, but produces 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions. (Photograph: /Reuters)

China must be far more ambitious in tackling climate change if the international community wants to prevent calamitous levels of global warming, a senior US official told counterparts in Beijing today.

David Sandalow, assistant secretary of state for energy, said the continuation of business as usual in China would result in a 2.7C rise in global temperatures by 2050 even if every other country slashed greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.

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