China eclipses other countries contributions for carbon emissions, prompting one political commentator to slam the UK s green focus saying ‘but let s cull cows, ban gas boilers and enforce ULEZ .
China has pledged to peak its carbon emissions by 2030. But a new report from the Global Energy Monitor think tank finds that China is continuing to surge its construction of coal power plants. The report underlines Xi Jinping's dishonesty when he claims that China sees global carbon emissions as a major concern deserving of urgent remedial action.
In 2011, a massive earthquake struck Japan, causing cooling systems at the Fukushima nuclear plant to fail and a nuclear meltdown to occur. Since then, Japan has purified more than a million tons of contaminated water from the disaster site.
China rejected blame for the G20 climate meet s failure to secure an agreement, blaming "some countries" that "introduced geopolitical issues as an obstruction."